transfiguration
Meanings
Plural: transfigurations
Noun
- (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
- (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify
- A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
- A change that exalts or glorifies.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.
Synonyms
August 6, metamorphosis, Transfiguration Day, Transfiguration of Jesus
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