Synonyms for numen

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noo-min, nyoo-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu mɪn, ˈnyu-

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Définition of numen

Origin : "divine spirit, presiding divinity," 1620s, from Latin numen "divine will, divinity," literally "a nod," from nuere "to nod" (assent); see numinous.

As in gift : noun talent, aptitude
As in god : noun supernatural being worshipped by people

Example sentences :

I do not say that he or any other numen was the better for the change.
Extract from : « The Religious Experience of the Roman People » by W. Warde Fowler

He looked at her, inquiring of her whole person what numen abode in the fane.
Extract from : « Robert Falconer » by George MacDonald

The populus was the tree of Hercules, and the plane-tree was the “numen of Atridæ.”
Extract from : « Cultus Arborum » by Anonymous

It would seem that every region in Italy had such a numen loci (naturally mainly agricultural).
Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy

Numen is so important a word in the Roman religion that it is necessary to be perfectly clear as to what was meant by it.
Extract from : « The Religious Experience of the Roman People » by W. Warde Fowler

Nuere should therefore express a simple exercise of will-power, and numen is the being119 exercising it.
Extract from : « The Religious Experience of the Roman People » by W. Warde Fowler

Astra castra, numen lumen—The stars my camp, the deity my light.
Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood

For the idea of a numen supremum did not exclude belief in the existence and manifestation of subordinate deities.
Extract from : « History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) » by Adolph Harnack

After two days of strenuous fighting the German posts of Numen and Nola were taken, and some officers, guns, and ammunition.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

The notion of the numen is always vague and indefinite: even its sex may be uncertain.
Extract from : « The Religion of Ancient Rome » by Cyril Bailey

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