transfiguration
[trans-fig-yuh-rey-shuh n, trans-fig-]
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, revisionExamples from the Web for transfiguration
Historical Examples of transfiguration
The transfiguration then was the divine defiance of the coming darkness.
Miracles of Our LordGeorge MacDonald
The Transfiguration, by Raphael, is an eminent example of this peculiar merit.
Essays, First SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
She moved up to him and looked at him with an affection that was a transfiguration.
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
The Transfiguration, I think, will make a stare in England!'
Art in EnglandDutton Cook
Do you know where the Church of the Transfiguration is located?
The Last WomanRoss Beeckman
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