numen
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I do not say that he or any other numen was the better for the change.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde
"Non numen habes si sit Prudentia,—eh, O'Kelly?" said Conway.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
Vale, virorum ornatissime, neque dedigneris quod colere audeam Genii tui serenitatem supplex tam tenuis, et, quoniam numen quoque hoc de se non negat, amare etiam.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Great they knew was “Jupiter Best and Greatest” of conquering Rome; and great the numen of the Cæsar, to which everywhere in this rich and servile province shrines were rising.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
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
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