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numina

/ˈnjuːmɪnə/

numina is the plural of numen.

Meaning of numen

Noun

numen (plural numina)

  1. A divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
    • The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]1671, Ralph Cudworth, chapter 4, in The True Intellectual System of the Universe
  2. An influence or phenomenon at once mystical and transcendent.
    • […]but never did the places or the persons turn into idols for my irrational worship. It was only the numen in them that I loved, who, as I passed by abstracted, whispered some immortal word in my ear.1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic

Origin of numina

From Latin.

Questions about numina

What is numina the plural of?
Numina is the plural of numen.
How do you pronounce numina?
Numina is pronounced /ˈnjuːmɪnə/.

Words near numina in the dictionary

  1. Numidian crane
  2. Numidian cranes
  3. Numidians
  4. numidid
  5. numidids
  6. numina
  7. numinal
  8. Numinbah
  9. Numinbah horse sickness
  10. numinism
  11. numinosities

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