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transfiguration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | transfiguration of jesus |
| Type of | miracle |
| Derivation | transfigure |
transfiguration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | august 6, transfiguration day |
| Type of | christian holy day |
| Derivation | transfigure |
transfiguration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | metamorphosis |
| Type of | revision, alteration |
| Derivation | transfigure |
transfiguration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | transformation, translation |
| Derivation | transfigure |
Examples of transfiguration
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The world is ambivalent about China's rapid transfiguration into a major player.
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He presides over sacred initiations consisting of mystic death and transfiguration.
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The transfiguration occurred on a mountain in front of about four Apostles.
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There's no transfiguration possible in their many Tuttle-esque moments.
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Though this Wuthering Heights is in color, it is suggestive of death and transfiguration.
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James'face goes through an even more dramatic transfiguration.
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Of the pleasures cameras give us, the transfiguration of plain reality is the most indispensable.
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It's an apotheosis, a transfiguration, a kind of upward-breaking transcendence of the protagonist.
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The audience's nostalgia contributes to the transfiguration.
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- (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
- (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus
- A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances; "the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting"
- The act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify
- (transfigure) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
- (transfigure) metamorphose: change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
- Transfiguration of Christ is a the subject of two paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, who finished them, respectively, in 1454-1460 and 1480. ...
- The Transfiguration is considered the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael. It was left unfinished by Raphael, and is believed to have been completed by his pupil, Giulio Romano, shortly after Raphael's death in 1520. ...
- Transfiguration, in religion, refers to the assumption by spiritual masters, or its perception by their followers, of momentary divine radiance.
