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numen

[noo-min, nyoo-] / ˈnu mɪn, ˈnju- /




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I laughingly observed, that the "Nullum numen abest" had been honoured with an unexpected illustration.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

Such a landlord or employer is a praesens numen to his workpeople or tenants.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

Also, he who receives the numen sees before the reception a certain likeness of a fire; sometimes, also, this is beheld by the bystanders, both at the advent and the departure of the god.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

Dieu est le superlatif, dont le positif est lhomme, says Carl Vogt; meaning, that the popular idea of a numen is that of a magnified and non-natural man.

From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Lastly, when the deus is complete, the functions of the former numen become attributes or qualities, traces of which we find in the pairs of deities in Gellius, xiii.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

The earliest Romans worshiped powerful spirits or divine forces, called numina, that they thought resided in everything around them.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

The scene disappeared in the fog, but when the mountain god bellowed again, other numina answered in the distance, their voices echoing through the valleys.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Leo muttered some unflattering comments about numina, but he turned the wheel.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Standing at the summit was a mountain god—one of the numina montanum, Jason had called them.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Unfortunately, Hazel guessed, judging from their last two encounters, Leo’s newest weapon had only annoyed the numina.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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