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nu·mi·nous    Audio Help   [noo-muh-nuhs, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
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.
[Origin: 1640–50; < L nūmin- (s. of nūmen) numen + -ous]
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nu·mi·nous    Audio Help   (nōō'mə-nəs, nyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to a numen; supernatural.
  2. Filled with or characterized by a sense of a supernatural presence: a numinous place.
  3. Spiritually elevated; sublime.


[From Latin nūmen, nūmin-, numen.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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").

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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numinous

adjective
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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