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Antonyms for epiphanies

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-pif-uh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈpɪf ə ni

Definition of epiphanies

Origin :
  • early 14c., "festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles" (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital -E-), from Old French epiphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Greek epiphaneia "manifestation, striking appearance" (in New Testament, "advent or manifestation of Christ"), from epiphanes "manifest, conspicuous," from epiphainein "to manifest, display," from epi "on, to" (see epi-) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm).
  • Of divine beings other than Christ, first recorded 1660s; general literary sense of "any manifestation or revelation" appeared 1840, first in De Quincey.
  • As in revelation : noun disclosure, telling
  • As in surprise : noun something amazing; state of amazement
  • As in eye opener : noun revelation
Example sentences :
  • Hence it is often called the Feast of Epiphanies (in the plural).
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The nature of the spiritual agency present on any occasion may be ascertained from his manifestations or epiphanies.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • But all the same Heliodorus motivates his plot by this popular belief in dreams and epiphanies.
  • Extract from : « Essays on the Greek Romances » by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
  • Among all these usual features of the plot a new importance is given to dreams and epiphanies.
  • Extract from : « Essays on the Greek Romances » by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
  • The epiphanies, however, which are vitally significant for the plot all foretell the final fortunes of the hero and the heroine.
  • Extract from : « Essays on the Greek Romances » by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
  • In the Epiphanies at Eleusis the doctrine disclosed was demonstrative of that conception.
  • Extract from : « Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern » by Edgar Saltus

Synonyms for epiphanies

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