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NUMINOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evincing the presence of a deity

Example:

the most numinous moment in the Mass

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

sacred (concerned with religion or religious purposes)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of a numen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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