Epiphany

Epiphany is when a god appears to someone. (noun)

An example of epiphany is when Allah appears to the prophet Muhammad.

Epiphany is a sudden and profound understanding of something. (noun)

An example of epiphany is when someone has been looking for their lost keys and suddenly has an idea of where they are.

Epiphany is a Christian celebration on January 6th that remembers when the Wise Men first saw Jesus. (noun)

An example of epiphany is the La Befana festival in Italy.

See Epiphany in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. Epiphanies

an appearance or manifestation of a god or other supernatural being
in many Christian churches, a yearly festival, held January 6, commemorating both the revealing of Jesus as the Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi and the baptism of Jesus
also called Twelfth Day
1. a moment of sudden intuitive understanding; flash of insight
2. a scene, experience, etc. that occasions such a moment

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See Epiphany in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ĭ-pĭfˈə-nē)

noun pl. e·piph·a·nies

Epiphany
a. A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.
b. January 6, on which this feast is traditionally observed.
A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.
a. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
b. A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization: “I experienced an epiphany, a spiritual flash that would change the way I viewed myself” (Frank Maier).

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