The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of an apparition, such as timid imaginations can always create in vision, and credulity believe.
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Apparition
/ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/
Synonyms for "apparition" (140 found)
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epiphanyexposurefalse imagefancyfantasquefantasyfictionfigmentfigment of the imaginationfigureformforthcomingghostgrateful deadguidehallucinationhanthauntidle fancyidolum
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illusionimageimageryimaginationimaginingimmaterialityincarnationincorporealincorporeal beingincorporeityinsubstantial imageinventionissuancelarvalemuresmaggotmake believe
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make-believemanesmanifestationmarshfiremasanmaterializationmaterializingmiragemythoccurrenceoniopeningphantasmphantasmaphantasmagoriaphantomphasmphenomenonpoltergeistpresence
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presentationrealizationrevelationrevenantriserisingromanceshadeshadowshapeshowingshowing forthshrouded spiritsick fancyspecterspectral ghostspectrumspiritspookspritestretch of the imaginationtheophanythick-coming fanciestripumbraunfoldingunfoldmentunsubstantialityvaporvisionwaking dreamwalking dead manwandering soulwhimwhimsywildest dreamwildest dreamswraithzombie
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5 entriesapparition sightingghostly apparitionpublic apparitionrare apparitionspectral apparition
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Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
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I look out on the brilliant heaven, and see a milky way of powdery splendour wandering through it, and clusters and knots of stars and planets shining serenely in the blue frosty spaces; and the armed apparition of Orion, his spear pointing away into immeasurable space, gleaming overhead; and the familiar constellation of the Plough dipping down into the west; and I think when I go in again that there is one Christmas the less between me and my grave.
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As the whirl of dust drew nearer to the solitary bluff upon which the two castaways were reposing, the canvas-covered tilts of waggons and the figures of armed horsemen began to show up through the haze, and the apparition revealed itself as being a great caravan upon its journey for the West.
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