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Grammar : Noun
Spell : trans-fig-yuh-rey-shuh n, trans-fig-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌtræns fɪg yəˈreɪ ʃən, trænsˌfɪg-



Definition of transfiguration

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin transfigurationem, noun of action from past participle stem of transfigurare (see transfigure). In English, originally "the change in appearance of Christ before his disciples" (Matt. xvii:2; Mark ix:2,3). The non-Christian sense is first recorded 1540s.
  • noun change
Example sentences :
  • The transfiguration then was the divine defiance of the coming darkness.
  • Extract from : « Miracles of Our Lord » by George MacDonald
  • The Transfiguration, by Raphael, is an eminent example of this peculiar merit.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • She moved up to him and looked at him with an affection that was a transfiguration.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • The Transfiguration, I think, will make a stare in England!'
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • Do you know where the Church of the Transfiguration is located?
  • Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman
  • But why did you drive to the Church of the Transfiguration, at all?
  • Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman
  • He was not conscious of her transfiguration, and she dropped her eyes for fear of showing it.
  • Extract from : « The Lowest Rung » by Mary Cholmondeley
  • I think he is; and have never disguised my opinion about the "Transfiguration."
  • Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Thus, without any trouble, he could appear with Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild
  • In a period of time incalculably short, transfiguration had come to her.
  • Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield

Synonyms for transfiguration

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