| NOUN | person | numen | a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion) |
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| Meaning | A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion). | |
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| Category | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
| Broader | spirit, disembodied spirit | Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
| Spanish | numen | |
| Catalan | numen | |
| Adjectives | numinous | of or relating to or characteristic of a numen |
| numinous | evincing the presence of a deity | |
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