afflatus

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Afflatus Gandhi came two days before to Lucknow with Pandit Motilal Nehru in order that the latter might have x-ray treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afflatus, af-flā′tus, n. inspiration, as of the poet or orator: esp. religious inspiration, the divine afflatus = L. afflatus divinus.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The whistle will blow very shortly and our Divine Afflatus Dynamo will shut down, so if she is to see that feature of our work now is the time to do it.

From Alice in Blunderland An Iridescent Dream by Levering, Albert

Methinks, that I, sweet sorceress, Whose weird persuasions fascinate us, Can read my stars without express Afflatus.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 by Various

Unbidden, unasked for, unsought, often in our lightest, most careless moments, the Divine Afflatus descends upon us.

From Five Nights by Cross, Victoria