numinous
Word family adjectivenuminousnounnuminousness
nu·mi·nous /ˈnjuːmɪnəs $ ˈnuː-/ adjectiveadj literary numinous• He had been led to it by his experience of the numinous, and by the exercise of his imagination.• We are characters in plots, without the compression and numinous sheen.• There are places in which one can sense the numinous, the presence of spiritual forces more easily than others. Origin numinous (1600-1700) Latin numen “spiritual force or influence”