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Definition of Transfiguration

1. Noun. (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus.

2. Noun. (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus.

3. Noun. A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances. "The metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting"

4. Noun. The act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify.

Definition of Transfiguration

1. Proper noun. (Christianity) The miraculous event, on a mountain, when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles; the feast commemorating this event – 6 August (or 19 August in the Orthodox church) ¹

2. Noun. a large change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis ¹

3. Noun. a change that exalts or glorifies ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transfiguration

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transfiguration

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Literary usage of Transfiguration

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Theological Studies (1904)
"THE PURPOSE OF THE transfiguration. THIS event in our Lord's incarnate life has so little place in the consciousness and liturgical system of the Church ..."

2. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1909)
"The purpose of the transfiguration. What is revealed by it concerning Christ ... What was the effect of the transfiguration upon these three? ..."

3. New Testament Illustrations: Comprising Choice Selections, Anecdotes by William Basil Jones (1875)
"transfiguration OF CHRIST. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses ... That this transfiguration was intended to show forth the final abolition of the ..."

4. Buddhist & Christian Gospels: Being Gospel Parallels from Pāli Texts by Albert Joseph Edmunds (1905)
"Tim transfiguration is only another form of the Wraith which ... I do not know of any case of transfiguration in the Psychical Society's Proceedings, ..."

5. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"It has been well observed, that while Christ appeared among men as a man—poor, lowly, despised— that was in fact the real transfiguration; whereas when He ..."

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