transfiguration

[trans-fig-yuh-rey-shuh n, trans-fig-]

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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.

Origin of transfiguration

1325–75; Middle English Transfiguracion < Latin trānsfigūrātiōn- (stem of trānsfigūrātiō) change of shape. See transfigure, -ation

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Related Words for transfiguration

revolution, about-face, correction, distortion, metamorphosis, adjustment, diversification, conversion, compression, variety, addition, novelty, mutation, reconstruction, innovation, modification, vicissitude, transformation, transmutation, revision

Examples from the Web for transfiguration

Historical Examples of transfiguration

The transfiguration then was the divine defiance of the coming darkness.
Miracles of Our Lord
George MacDonald
The Transfiguration, by Raphael, is an eminent example of this peculiar merit.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
She moved up to him and looked at him with an affection that was a transfiguration.
Gilian The Dreamer
Neil Munro
The Transfiguration, I think, will make a stare in England!'
Art in England
Dutton Cook
Do you know where the Church of the Transfiguration is located?
The Last Woman
Ross Beeckman

British Dictionary definitions for transfiguration

transfiguration

noun

the act or an instance of transfiguring or the state of being transfigured

Transfiguration

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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Word Origin and History for 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.