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incarnation definition

in·car·na·tion (in′kär nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. endowment with a human body; appearance in human form
  2. any person or animal serving as the embodiment of a god or spirit
  3. any person or thing serving as the type or embodiment of a quality or concept the incarnation of courage

Etymology: ME incarnacion < OFr incarnatiun < LL(Ec) incarnatio < pp. of incarnari: see incarnate

incarnation Idioms

the Incarnation

Christian Theol. the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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