adj.
1. Of or relating to a numen; supernatural.
2. Filled with or characterized by a sense of a supernatural presence: a numinous place.
3. Spiritually elevated; sublime.
[From Latin n
men, nmin-, numen.]
men, nmin-, numen.]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Two years he had been received into the Catholic Church and he had believed himself at peace. Little enough he had known about the numinous then. Robert Stone Damascus Gate
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