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Transfiguration

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.
  2. 2
    The miracle itself.
Noun
  1. 1
    A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify wordnet
  3. 3
    A change that exalts or glorifies. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances wordnet
  5. 5
    superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus wordnet
  2. 7
    (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.

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