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EPIPHANIES
Noun
Epiphanies
plural of Epiphany
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• epiphanise
Noun
epiphanies
plural of epiphany
Anagrams
• epiphanise
Source: Wiktionary
EPIPHANY
E*piph"a*ny, n. Etym: [F. épiphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. Fancy.]
1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest. Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. Jer. Taylor. An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. De Quincey.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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