theophany definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Medieval Latin theophania, from Late Greek theophaneia, from Greek the- + -phaneia (as in epiphaneia appearance) — more at epiphany Date: circa 1633 a visible manifestation of a deity • theophanic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) a visible manifestation of God or a god to man.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Theophany The*oph"a*ny, n.; pl. -nies. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to appear.] A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.

Moby Thesaurus

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