Meaning of EPIPHANY
| Pronunciation: | | e'pifunee, i'pifunee
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- [n] a divine manifestation
- [n] twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
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| | Synonyms: | | Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day |
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| | See Also: | | Christian holy day, Jan, January, manifestation | |
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| | Definition: | | Epiphany
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| | Definition: | | \E*piph"a*ny\, n. [F. ['e]piphanie, L. epiphania, Gr.
'epifa`nia (sc. ?), for 'epifa`neia appearance, fr.
'epifai`nein to show forth; 'epi` + fai`nein to show. See
{Fancy}.]
1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in
a glorious epiphany upon the mount. --Jer. Taylor.
An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should
make its epiphany in Paris. --De Quincey.
2. (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of
January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration
of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see
and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to
commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi,
symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles;
Twelfthtide.
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| | Related Terms: | | Advent, afflatus, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, angelophany, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, apocalypse, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, avatar, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Christophany, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, Corpus Christi, direct communication, discernibleness, disclosure, dissemination, divine inspiration, divine revelation, Easter, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Eastertide, Ember days, embodiment, emergence, evidence, evincement, exposure, expression, forthcoming, Good Friday, Halloween, Hallowmas, Holy Thursday, Holy Week, incarnation, indication, inspiration, issuance, Lady Day, Lammas, Lammas Day, Lammastide, Lent, Lententide, manifestation, Mardi Gras, Martinmas, materialization, materializing, Maundy Thursday, Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, Michaelmastide, mystical experience, mysticism, observability, occurrence, opening, outcrop, outcropping, Palm Sunday, Pancake Day, Passion Week, Pentecost, perceptibility, pneumatophany, presentation, proof, prophecy, publication, Quadragesima, Quadragesima Sunday, realization, revelation, rise, rising, Satanophany, seeableness, Septuagesima, showing, showing forth, Shrove Tuesday, the seen, the visible, theophania, theophany, theopneustia, theopneusty, Trinity Sunday, Twelfth-day, Twelfth-tide, unfolding, unfoldment, visibility, visibleness, visuality, what is revealed, White Sunday, Whitmonday, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide, Whit-Tuesday, Whitweek |
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