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Another word for afflatus

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Noun

  1. Divine guidance and motivation imparted directly

      1. The excitement of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity:
      2. The condition of being so excited:
      3. The quality of being so excited, as manifested in something:
    See also:

    religion

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Sentence Examples

  • St Paul himself knew when he was speaking by the Spirit, and when he was not; and we too can recognize to some extent when the afflatus comes upon him.

  • As no one could curse Jesus except under the influence of a devilish afflatus, so none could say "Jesus is Lord" except he was inspired by the Holy Spirit.

  • In natural soothsaying this frenzy is the necessary physical accompaniment of an afflatus which, though it seems supernatural to a rude people, is really akin to poetic inspiration.

  • So far was the afflatus of the Spirit from being conditioned by the rite, that in Acts x.

  • It does not, of course, follow that everyone who had shared in the divine afflatus of prophetic enthusiasm gave forth oracles; but the prophets as a class stood nearer than other men to the mysterious workings of Yahweh, and it was in their circle that revelation seemed to have its natural home.

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