numen

The only certain result that we can win from the study of these adjectival titles is that they represent a transition between animism and polytheism, a transition exactly expressed by the one word numen.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

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

Nuere should therefore express a simple exercise of will-power, and numen is the being119 exercising it.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

No doubt later the Genius was accredited with powers over the fortune and misfortune of his possessor, but he never really developed anything like the independence of a god, and remained always rather a numen.

From The Religion of Ancient Rome by Bailey, Cyril

He looked at her, inquiring of her whole person what numen abode in the fane.

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

The earliest Romans worshiped powerful spirits or divine forces, called numina, that they thought resided in everything around them.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

A few weeks ago, Hazel wouldn’t have believed that anyone could sleep through a numina attack, but now she imagined her friends were still snoring away belowdecks.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Leo muttered some unflattering comments about numina, but he turned the wheel.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Unfortunately, Hazel guessed, judging from their last two encounters, Leo’s newest weapon had only annoyed the numina.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The numina montanum were sons of Gaea, Hazel’s least favorite goddess.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan