numen
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I laughingly observed, that the "Nullum numen abest" had been honoured with an unexpected illustration.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
Apparet divum numen sedesque quietae quas neque concutiunt venti nec nubila nimbis aspergunt neque nix acri concreta pruina 20 cana cadens violat semperque innubilus aether integit, et large diffuso lumine rident.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.
G ood is quað Joseph to dremen of win. heilnesse an blisse is ðer in. ðre daies ben get for to cumen. ðu salt ben ut of prisun numen.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
Auditi quicunque rogant, noctesque diesque Ire datum, et solis numen placare querelis.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
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
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