Incarnation definition
(christianity) The doctrine that the Son of God was conceived in the womb of Mary and that Jesus is true God and true man.
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A bodily manifestation of a supernatural being.
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Any person or animal serving as the embodiment of a god or spirit.
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One who is believed to personify a given abstract quality or idea.
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Any person or thing serving as the type or embodiment of a quality or concept.
The incarnation of courage.
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Endowment with a human body; appearance in human form.
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The state of being incarnated.
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The condition of being incarnated.
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The act of incarnating.
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The definition of an incarnation is a person who stands for some abstract idea, or a person who embodies a God or deity in the flesh.
When a horrible and evil killer runs around murdering children for no reason, this is an example of someone who might be considered an incarnation of evil.
When God appears on Earth as a farmer, his physical form as a farmer is an example of his incarnation on Earth.
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A period of time passed in a given bodily form or condition.
Hopes for a better life in another incarnation.
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A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
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The act of incarnating.
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(proper) the Incarnation
- 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
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incarnation
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incarnationsIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
the Incarnation
Origin of incarnation
- From Middle English incarnacion, from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).
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