transfiguration
[ trans-fig-yuh-rey-shuh n, trans-fig- ]
/ ˌtræns fɪg yəˈreɪ ʃən, trænsˌfɪg- /
noun
the act of transfiguring.
the state of being transfigured.
(initial capital letter) the supernatural and glorified change in the appearance of Jesus on the mountain. Matt. 17:1–9.
(initial capital letter) the church festival commemorating this, observed on August 6.
RELATED WORDS
revolution, about-face, correction, distortion, metamorphosis, adjustment, diversification, conversion, compression, variety, addition, novelty, mutation, reconstruction, innovation, modification, vicissitude, transformation, transmutation, revision
Nearby words
- transferential,
- transfermium,
- transferor,
- transferral,
- transferrin,
- transfigure,
- transfinite,
- transfinite number,
- transfix,
- transfixion
Origin of transfiguration
1325–75; Middle English Transfiguracion < Latin trānsfigūrātiōn- (stem of trānsfigūrātiō) change of shape. See transfigure, -ation
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transfiguration
/ (ˌtrænsfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən) /
noun
the act or an instance of transfiguring or the state of being transfigured
Transfiguration
/ (ˌtrænsfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən) /
noun
New Testament the change in the appearance of Christ that took place before three disciples (Matthew 17:1–9)
the Church festival held in commemoration of this on Aug 6
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transfiguration
late 14c., from Latin transfigurationem, noun of action from past participle stem of transfigurare (see transfigure). In English, originally "the change in appearance of Christ before his disciples" (Matt. xvii:2; Mark ix:2,3). The non-Christian sense is first recorded 1540s.
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