Transfiguration
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transfiguration¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.
noun transfigurations
- A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
- A change that exalts or glorifies.
- superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.
Transfiguration²
proper noun
- An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.
- The miracle itself.
