Numinosity

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  1. 1
    Quality of being numinous. countable, uncountable

    "Civilization is, through the numinosity of divine kingship, the mediation between the impossible heights of the gods and the terrifying depths of the underworld."

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"Civilization is, through the numinosity of divine kingship, the mediation between the impossible heights of the gods and the terrifying depths of the underworld."

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