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[ adjective ] evincing the presence of a deity

Examples

"a numinous wood" "the most numinous moment in the Mass

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

For this does not account_for the integral , elemental power of that which grows with abounding vigor as the play unfolds , nor does it explain the strange numinous sense of presentness which comes over those who watch the play like a spell .

Related terms

sacred

2
[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of a numen

Related terms

numen

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