Christophany

American

[kri-stof-uh-nee] / krɪˈstɒf ə ni /

noun

an appearance of Christ after His Resurrection, especially as recorded in the New Testament.

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Noun Inflected Forms

Christophanies

plural

Etymology

Origin of Christophany

First recorded in 1840–50; Christo- + -phany

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Christophany Christophanies

Christophany, kris-tof′a-ni, n. an appearance of Christ to men.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The passages where Christophanies are spoken of in the earliest literature would require to be collected.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

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