transfiguration
noun
- a transfiguring or being transfigured
- Bible the change in the appearance of Jesus on the mountain: Matt. 17
- a church festival (Aug. 6) commemorating the Transfiguration
See transfiguration in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(trăns-fĭgˌyə-rāˈshən)
nouna. A marked change in form or appearance; a metamorphosis.
b. A change that glorifies or exalts.
- Transfiguration
a. Bible The sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus that occurred on a mountain.
b. The Christian feast commemorating this event, observed on August 6 in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, on August 19 in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on the Sunday before Lent in most Protestant churches.
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