INCARNATION
personification, incarnation
(noun) the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
Incarnation
(noun) (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
embodiment, incarnation, avatar
(noun) a new personification of a familiar idea; “the embodiment of hope”; “the incarnation of evil”; “the very avatar of cunning”
incarnation
(noun) time passed in a particular bodily form; “he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Incarnation
(Christianity) The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.
Etymology
Noun
incarnation (countable and uncountable, plural incarnations)
An incarnate being or form.
A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
An assumption of human form or nature.
A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
The act of incarnating.
The state of being incarnated.
(obsolete) A rosy or red colour; flesh colour; carnation.
(medicine, obsolete) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Source: Wiktionary
In`car*na"tion, n. Etym: [F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey. The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson.
4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [Obs.]
5. (Med.)
Definition: The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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