numen
pronunciation
How to pronounce numen in British English:
UK ['nju:mən]
How to pronounce numen in American English:
US ['njumən]
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- Noun:
- a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
Word Origin
- numen (n.)
- "divine spirit, presiding divinity," 1620s, from Latin numen "divine will, divinity," literally "a nod," from nuere "to nod" (assent); see numinous.
Example
- 1. Numen bioscience ( hongkong ) co. , limited registered information .
- 2. Von rad suggests that the figure may have been inserted into some of the older traditions in place of an original canaanite numen .
- 3. By taking the numen 's religion of jizhao village in songtao autonomous county as example in this article , the author revealed its original symbol and cultural logics from angle of religious anthropology .