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theophany
[ thee-of-uh-nee ]
noun
- a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
theophany
/ θɪˈɒfənɪ; θɪəˈfænɪk /
noun
- theol a manifestation of a deity to man in a form that, though visible, is not necessarily material
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Derived Forms
- theophanic, adjective
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Other Words From
- the·o·phan·ic [thee-, uh, -, fan, -ik], the·opha·nous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of theophany1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of theophany1
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Example Sentences
The Book of Mormon contains a circumstantial account of this marvelous theophany.
They do not deny a theophany in the gift of Christianity; but they deny two very different things, viz.:—1.
That this is theophany alone;—that is, they look for some divine elements elsewhere; and they look for some human here.
The scene of the theophany, therefore, according to J, is to be placed on the way from Midian to Goshen.
All existence is a theophany, and as God is the beginning of all things, so also is He the end.
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