English Explanatory Dictionary

transfiguration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
  2. A change that exalts or glorifies.
  3. 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.
name
  1. 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.
  2. The miracle itself.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

transfiguration transfigurations

Etymology

From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.

Synonyms

development transfiguration transformation conversion metamorphosis transfigurement transmogrification transmutation sea change
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