epiphany
(initial capital letter) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity.
a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.
Origin of epiphany
1Other words from epiphany
- ep·i·phan·ic [ep-uh-fan-ik], /ˌɛp əˈfæn ɪk/, e·piph·a·nous, adjective
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How to use epiphany in a sentence
She had an epiphany that day, deciding at 12 that her calling was not just to become No.
How a 12-year-old Billie Jean King decided to change the world | Liz Clarke | August 27, 2021 | Washington PostNo flashes of insight, no grand epiphanies, just slow and steady deliberation over subtle details.
How I Escaped My Troubles Through Science - Issue 104: Harmony | Subodh Patil | August 25, 2021 | NautilusMore often than not, I went out again after logging my daily practice hour because I’d had some epiphany I wanted to explore.
Every time I’ve had an epiphany I would see the number on a bus, or on the clock— just very interesting places.
Jerome LaMaar Redefines The Art Of Dressing With The Launch Of 5:31 | Blake Newby | July 23, 2021 | Essence.comHe is a former oil and gas executive who nowadays leads a small nonprofit — the result of a personal epiphany — and is tackling global warming one well at a time.
Richard Kurin was a 19-year-old anthropology student in India when he experienced his material culture epiphany.
Zaks experienced an epiphany of sorts a couple years ago, when he was looking through a book of Tony Walton illustrations.
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’ | Ross Wetzsteon | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile watching The Ten Commandments on TV with their children for the umpteenth time, Burnett and Downey had an epiphany.
This was an epiphany, this was imprinted on you, you could do anything now.
How John Lennon Rediscovered His Music in Bermuda | The Telegraph | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe teenager went to rehab, and then went right back to using—until he had an epiphany.
‘Glee’ Star Cory Monteith Found Dead: A Tortured Talent Gone Too Soon | Marlow Stern | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir escape was made at midnight on the eve of epiphany, 1649, all the court following in great disorder.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X | VariousNeophytes should therefore be baptized at Easter and Pentecost alone, never at epiphany.
So careful is the poet to prepare both sides—the divine epiphany, and the mortal who is to behold it.
Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. SniderHe thought the lessons of the Nativity and epiphany came as a very wholesome corrective to these tendencies.
The Church Index | William PepperellThere is nothing of him now in Florence, save a few drawings in the Uffizi and an unfinished picture of the epiphany.
The Story of Florence | Edmund G. Gardner
British Dictionary definitions for epiphany (1 of 2)
/ (ɪˈpɪfənɪ) /
the manifestation of a supernatural or divine reality
any moment of great or sudden revelation
Origin of epiphany
1Derived forms of epiphany
- epiphanic (ˌɛpɪˈfænɪk), adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Epiphany (2 of 2)
/ (ɪˈpɪfənɪ) /
a Christian festival held on Jan 6, commemorating, in the Western Church, the manifestation of Christ to the Magi and, in the Eastern Church, the baptism of Christ
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Cultural definitions for Epiphany
[ (i-pif-uh-nee) ]
A festival in Christianity celebrating the visit of the Wise Men to the infant Jesus. Epiphany means “a showing forth” — in this case a showing forth of Jesus to the Gentiles.
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