hierophany
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hierophany
- /ˌhaɪ.əˈɹɒ.fə.ni/ UK
- /ˌhaɪˈɹɒ.fə.ni/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French hiérophanie, as used by Romanian religious historian and philosopher Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) in his book The Sacred and the Profane (1959; translated into English from an unpublished French original), from Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy sign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “show, appear”).
noun hierophanies
- A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship. Man becomes aware of the sacred, because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the profane. To designate the act of manifestation of the sacred, we have proposed the term hierophany. It is a fitting term, because it does not imply anything further; it expresses no mor
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noun physical manifestation of the sacred
| Español | hierofanía |
|---|---|
| Português | hierofania |
| Français | hiérophanie |
| Deutsch | Hierophanie |
| Italiano | ierofania |
| Română | hierofanie |
| Русский | иерофа́ния ijerofánija |
Talk about this word "hierophany." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hierophany. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hierophany. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hierophany "hierophany." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hierophany.Cite this
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title = {hierophany},
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