numen

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Tanith has been identified with Artemis, and the later cults of Punic Africa give great prominence to the "celestial virgin," or "virginal numen."

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

"And don't I say, as the ould heathen philosopher did of fortune, 'Nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia'?"

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

Nullum numen abest: the gods are all on the side of the provident.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

Ergo, Amor, i, morere; i, magnas, Puer alme, per umbras5 Elysiis non tam numen inane locis.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Est aqua Mercurii port� vicina Capen�; Si juvat expertis credere, numen habet.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.