Synonyms for transfiguration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : trans-fig-yuh-rey-shuh n, trans-fig- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌtræns fɪg yəˈreɪ ʃən, trænsˌfɪg- |
Top 10 synonyms for transfiguration
- development
- difference
- distortion
- diversification
- diversity
- innovation
- metamorphosis
- modification
- modulation
- mutation
- novelty
- permutation
- reconstruction
- refinement
- remodeling
- reversal
- revision
- revolution
- shift
- surrogate
- switch
- tempering
- transformation
- transition
- translation
- transmogrification
- transmutation
- transubstantiation
- turn
- turnover
- variance
- variation
- variety
- vicissitude
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for transfiguration
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