numen

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Another of the oaths prescribed by command of Caligula was “per numen Drusillæ.”

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

The word thus gradually lost its original meaning; the nameless local genii became an expression for the universality of the divinum numen and were sometimes identified with the higher gods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Wel michil sorge is me bi cumen. ðat min two childre aren me for numen.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

"Non numen habes si sit Prudentia,—eh, O'Kelly?" said Conway.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

"And don't I say, as the ould heathen philosopher did of fortune, 'Nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia'?"

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James