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Transfiguration

TRANSFIGURA'TION

, n.
1.
A change of form; particularly, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.
See Matt. 17.
2.
A feast held by the Romish church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.

Definition 2024


Transfiguration

Transfiguration

See also: transfiguration

English

Proper noun

Transfiguration

Carl Bloch's 19th-century painting of the Transfiguration of Jesus
  1. (Christianity) An annual feast day celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian)
  2. (Christianity) The miracle itself

transfiguration

transfiguration

See also: Transfiguration

English

Noun

transfiguration (plural transfigurations)

  1. a large change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis
  2. a change that exalts or glorifies

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