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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 deityplay

2. of or relating to or characteristic of a numenplay

  Familiarity information: NUMINOUS used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUMINOUS (adjective)


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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