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NUMEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: numina   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("numen" is a kind of...):

disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Derivation:

numinous (evincing the presence of a deity)

numinous (of or relating to or characteristic of a numen)

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