Definition of Incarnation

1. Noun. A new personification of a familiar idea. "The very avatar of cunning"

Exact synonyms: Avatar, Embodiment
Generic synonyms: Personification
Specialized synonyms: Deification, Reincarnation
Derivative terms: Incarnate, Incarnate

2. Noun. (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ.
Category relationships: Christian Religion, Christianity
Generic synonyms: Church Doctrine, Creed, Gospel, Religious Doctrine

3. Noun. Time passed in a particular bodily form. "He believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"
Generic synonyms: Time

4. Noun. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc..
Exact synonyms: Personification
Generic synonyms: Embodiment
Derivative terms: Personify

Definition of Incarnation

1. n. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.

Definition of Incarnation

1. Proper noun. (Christianity) The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human. ¹

2. Noun. An incarnate being or form. ¹

3. Noun. A living being embodying a deity or spirit. ¹

4. Noun. An assumption of human form or nature. ¹

5. Noun. A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like ¹

6. Noun. The act of incarnating. ¹

7. Noun. The state of being incarnated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incarnation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Incarnation

1. 1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature. 2. The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ. 3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. "She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead." (Jeffrey) "The very incarnation of selfishness." (F. W. Robertson) 4. A rosy or red colour; flesh colour; carnation. 5. The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation. Origin: F. Incarnation, LL. Incarnatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incarnation

incardinating
incardination
incardinations
incarial bone
incarn
incarnadine
incarnadined
incarnadines
incarnadining
incarnant
incarnatable
incarnate
incarnated
incarnates
incarnating
incarnation (current term)
incarnational
incarnations
incarnative
incarnatives
incarnification
incase
incased
incases
incasing
incask
incasked
incasking

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