Numinous vs Corporeal - What's the difference?
numinous | corporeal |
Related to a numen; indicating the presence of a divinity
Awe-inspiring; evoking a sense of the transcendent, mystical or sublime.
Material; tangible; physical.
Of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
* {{quote-book
, year=2000
, author=Margaret Atwood
, title=The Blind Assassin
, passage=She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.}}
(archaic) Corporal.
As adjectives the difference between numinous and corporeal
is that numinous is related to a numen; indicating the presence of a divinity while corporeal is material; tangible; physical.numinous
English
(wikipedia numinous)Adjective
(en adjective)- All quests are concerned with a numinous object, e.g. the Holy Grail
Derived terms
* numinosity * numinously * numinousnesscorporeal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton