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numen
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Numen , plur. numina , is a Latin word typically borrowed by modern languages without alteration. It may mean:
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion) [also: numina (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a divinity, especially a local or presiding god
Usage examples of numen.
Once, far in the distant past of the Galaxy, a race called the Numen had stepped through that hatch and ruled the stars for eons.
Even with thousands of alien ships coming and going from this little planet on a regular basis, no one had even noticed the Numen material here until he stumbled across it.
Power, for power was what the Numen ship, flying among the stars, meant.
Races are willing to go to war to acquire even the smallest bit of Numen technology.
When the Numen built something, they had clearly built it to last and keep working.
And the Numen, a very human-looking alien, was talking to him in a strange language, his robe sleeves pushed back, his hood off his head.
A completely different picture of a Numen than Jay had gotten from the absorption of the manual summary.
He was actually starting to think this Numen method of learning was a good thing.
Billie had learned enough about Numen technology to think he could fly this ship.
Learning how to understand and read Numen was an important discovery that Zed needed to know about.
He had been as convinced as she and Jay that MiB knew about the other ninety-nine Numen ships buried around the world.
We put the Numen ship between the coming fleets and the planet, and Jay there goes into his speech, which says, basically, that the Numen support the treaty and no one should break it.
Three times Jay had run down to the library to absorb another chunk of knowledge about flying a Numen ship.
Pro was swathed in Numen robes, hoods back, sleeves rolled up, and seated in their chairs.
The smooth lines and the unmistakable gold color of the vessel told him at once that it was a Numen ship.