numinous UK /ˈnjuːmɪnəs/US /ˈn(j)umənəs/ adjective2 •Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity.His interest in numinous objects led him on a quest for the Holy Grail. •Evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring.The Will of a King is very numinous; it hath a kind of vast universality in it, it is many times greater than the will of his whole Kingdom, stiffened with ill Counsel and ill Presidents: […] — 1647 formsmore numinous · most numinous