divvers

Definitions

divinity (as a subject or examination).

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“It is indeed no small hardship to give⟳ up fourteen successive evenings to an examination so farcical and extravagant as Divvers, which is void of definite purpose or result⟳, when they might have⟳ been doing a thousand and one things of enjoyment and interest⟳ such as only a University can provide⟳.”

“It was obvious to everybody by then that he was not going to pass⟳ "divvers".”

“With the increasing loss of faith by experiences in the trenches, many students after the war turned away from Christianity, some embracing humanism, and even Marxism. As a result⟳, the University supported the abolishment of the biblical literacy exam "Divvers".”

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