His interest in numinous objects led him on a quest for the Holy Grail.
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Numinous
//ˈnjuːmɪnəs//
Synonyms for "numinous" (158 found)
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necromanticoccultomnipotentomnipresentomniscientoneotherworldlypast comprehensionpermanentperpetualpreterhumanpreternaturalpreternormalpretersensualpsychicpsychicalradiantramblingreligiousresplendent
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2 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- свръхестествен adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 努秘 adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Danish
1 entries- numinøse adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Finnish
3 entries- hengellinen adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- jumalallinen adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- mystinen adj (evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring)
French
1 entries- numineux adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Galician
1 entries- numinoso adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
German
2 entries- numinos adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- numinos adj (evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring)
Hungarian
3 entries- misztikus adj (evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring)
- numinózus adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- titokzatos adj (evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring)
Italian
2 entries- numinosa adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- numinoso adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Japanese
1 entries- ヌミノーゼ adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Latvian
1 entries- numinoziškumas adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- giyanî adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- pîroz adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Russian
1 entries- нумино́зность adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- numinozan adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- numinozan adj (evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring)
- numinozna adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- numinozna adj (evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring)
Spanish
1 entries- numinoso adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
Swedish
2 entries- numinös adj (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity)
- numinös adj (evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The fetish of Huitzilopochtli, bundled up and screened from profane eyes, now preceded the wandering group, carried on the back of his oracle-priest or sorcerer who alone was holy enough to handle safely the numinous object.
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He held his own body in numinous esteem.
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The use of blood to instill numen into a thing is illustrated by the establishment and annual renewal of Terminus, the boundary marker […] The transfer of numinous power to persons has its example in the drinking of blood by seers in order to get oracular vision.
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