Usually means: Divine presence or spirit felt.
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  1. numen: Merriam-Webster
  2. numen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. numen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. numen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. numen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Numen, numen: Wordnik
  7. numen: Wiktionary
  8. numen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. numen: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. numen: Dictionary.com
  11. Numen (band), Numen (disambiguation), Numen (journal), Numen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. numen: Rhymezone
  13. numen: FreeDictionary.org
  14. numen: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. numen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. numen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. numen-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. NUMEN: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

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  1. numen, numen: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (numen)

▸ noun:  A divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
▸ noun:  An influence or phenomenon at once mystical and transcendant.

Similar:
deity, divinity, godkind, genius, Godhead, theonym, godling, aspect, theonymy, subdeity, more...

Opposite:
anuma, non-divine, profane, secular

Adjectives:
latin, divine, supreme, local, own, particular, dark, spiritual, imperial, indigenous, territorial

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Similar:
deity, divinity, godkind, genius, Godhead, theonym, godling, aspect, theonymy, subdeity, more...

Opposite:
anuma, non-divine, profane, secular

Adjectives:
latin, divine, supreme, local, own, particular, dark, spiritual, imperial, indigenous, territorial

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     white,     black,     blue, more...



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