单词 | numinal |
释义 | numinaladj.n. Divine. (In quot. 1927 as noun.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] holyc825 divinec1374 greatc1380 sainta1400 divinelyc1400 deific1490 ethereala1522 deifical1563 godly1582 numinous1647 numinal1652 deiform1654 deical1662 sacred1697 theistic1854 1652 O. Felltham Char. Low-Countries 65 Their wisdome is not indeed Heroick or Numinal [printed Numnial],..but rather narrow and restrictive. 1927 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 352 Rudolf Otto in his Idea of the Holy, accords to music a place upon the ‘wholly other’ or ‘numinal’ of religion. 1964 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 4 10 Its stress is on the human evidences of man's long occupancy of the land and the numinal resonance this provides to the pious instincts of those who follow after. 1996 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 55 565 According to Sommer, Qiu Jun argued that the use of representational images as vessels for the spirit in the temple was a Buddhist practice that would denigrate Ru learning and profane the invisible realm in which the numinal spirits dwelt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1652 |
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