It was a bewildering theophany, since it was impossible to make out anything clearly in the stormy obscurity of thunder, lightning, smoke and wind.
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Theophany
//θiːˈɒfəni//
Synonyms for "theophany" (100 found)
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42 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- عِيد الظُهُور الْإِلَٰهِيّ name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- ظُهُورٌ إِلَهِيّ noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Catalan
1 entries- teofania noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 天主顯現 /天主显现 noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Dutch
1 entries- theofanie noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- Крешене name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Юмо чыкыме кече name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
French
2 entries- Théophanie name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- théophanie noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Galician
1 entries- teofanía noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
German
1 entries- Theophanie noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Greek
2 entries- Θεοφάνια name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- θεοφάνεια noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Hungarian
1 entries- teofánia noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Indonesian
1 entries- teofani noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Ingrian
1 entries- Veserista name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Interlingua
1 entries- theophania noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Italian
1 entries- teofania noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Japanese
1 entries- 神現祭 name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Komi-Zyrian
2 entries- Крещенньӧ name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- ва вежӧдан лун name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Latin
1 entries- theophania noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Theophanie noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Macedonian
2 entries- богојавление noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
- теофанија noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Malayalam
1 entries- ദനഹാ name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Norwegian
1 entries- teofani noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تجلی noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Polish
1 entries- teofania noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Portuguese
2 entries- teofania name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- teofania noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Romanian
1 entries- teofanie noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Russian
3 entries- Богоявление name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Крещение Господне name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- теофания noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Slovak
2 entries- teofánia name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- teofánia noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Spanish
1 entries- teofanía noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Swedish
1 entries- teofani noun (a visible manifestation of a deity)
Udmurt
1 entries- Йӧвылэсултон name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Йордан name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- teofanija name (one of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Sample sentences
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The Byzantine tradition concentrates all the birth narratives, including the Magi, at Christmas. Theophany is very much the feast of the Baptism of Christ, being marked by the very important ceremony of the great Blessing of Water[…]
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Originally, the feast of Theophany included Christ's birth, the adoration of the Magi, and Christ's childhood narratives, such as his circumcision and his presentation in the temple. It also included his baptism and the wedding at Cana[…]
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