transfiguration

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

/ ˌtræns fɪg yəˈreɪ ʃən, trænsˌfɪg- /

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noun

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.

Nearby words

transferential, transfermium, transferor, transferral, transferrin, transfiguration, 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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Examples from the Web for transfiguration

Back he came to Perugia in 1522, painted the "Transfiguration" for Sta.
Great Masters in Painting: Perugino|George C. Williamson
This is the will of that mysterious creation which is transformation on earth and transfiguration in heaven.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
The transfiguration which informs the soul of one taken down in epileptic seizure possessed him.
Visionaries|James Huneker
In their pictures of the Transfiguration their Tabors are very like the original.
Letters from the Holy Land|Elizabeth Butler

The transfiguration of the locust takes place very much as does that of the Cigale.
Social Life in the Insect World|J. H. Fabre

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