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| 1. | of, pertaining to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural. |
| 2. | surpassing comprehension or understanding; mysterious: that element in artistic expression that remains numinous. |
| 3. | arousing one's elevated feelings of duty, honor, loyalty, etc.: a benevolent and numinous paternity. |
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[From Latin nūmen, nūmin-, numen.] |
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numinous
"divine, spiritual," 1647, from L. numen (gen. numinis) "divine will," properly "divine approval expressed by nodding the head," from nuere "to nod" (cf. Gk. neuein "to nod").
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| numinous | |
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| 1. | evincing the presence of a deity; "a numinous wood"; "the most numinous moment in the Mass" |
| 2. | of or relating to or characteristic of a numen |
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