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transfiguration

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from transfigūrātio
  2. derived from transfiguraciun
  3. derived from transfiguracion
  4. inherited from transfiguracioun

Definitions

  1. A major change in appearance or form

    A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.

  2. A change that exalts or glorifies.

  3. superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often…

    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.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the…

      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. The miracle itself.

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