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NUMINOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does numinous mean?
• NUMINOUS (adjective)
The adjective NUMINOUS has 2 senses:
1. evincing the presence of a deity
2. of or relating to or characteristic of a numen
Familiarity information: NUMINOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evincing the presence of a deity
Context example:
the most numinous moment in the Mass
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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