Epiphany

  • 11Epiphany — Эту страницу предлагается переименовать в Web (веб браузер). Пояснение причин и обсуждение  на странице Википедия:К переименованию/2 апреля 2012. Возможно, её текущее название не соответствует нормам современного русского языка и/или… …

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  • 12epiphany — epiphanic /ep euh fan ik/, epiphanous, adj. /i pif euh nee/, n., pl. epiphanies. 1. (cap.) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth day. 2. an… …

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  • 13Epiphany — The word means a manifestation or ‘revelation’ and is similar to ‘theophany’ or revelation of the divine. There are several instances of this in the OT, notably God s revelation to Moses at the Burning Bush (Exod. 3:2). For Christians the supreme …

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  • 14Epiphany — UK [ɪˈpɪfənɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Epiphany : singular Epiphany plural Epiphanies 6th January, celebrated by Christians as the day that the baby Jesus Christ was visited by three kings or wise men, according to the Bible …

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  • 15epiphany — UK [ɪˈpɪfənɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms epiphany : singular epiphany plural epiphanies literary a moment when you suddenly realize or understand something important …

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  • 16epiphany — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. appearance, manifestation; disclosure. See imagination. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. a great revelatory experience or insight; an illumination of a truth. I experienced a great… …

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  • 17Epiphany — [[t]ɪpɪ̱fəni[/t]] N UNCOUNT Epiphany is a Christian festival on the 6th of January which celebrates the arrival of the wise men who came to see Jesus Christ soon after he was born …

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  • 18epiphany — [ɪ pɪf(ə)ni, ɛ ] noun (plural epiphanies) 1》 (Epiphany) the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (see Matthew 2: 1 12).     ↘the festival commemorating this on 6 January. 2》 a moment of sudden and great revelation.… …

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  • 19epiphany — n. 1. Manifestation, appearance (especially that of Christ by the star which guided the Magi to Bethlehem). 2. (Eccl.) Festival of the Epiphany, 6th of January …

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  • 20epiphany — n 1. incarnation, theophany, Hindu Myth. avatar; (all esp. of a deity) appearance, manifestation, revelation, apparition, embodiment, materialization. 2.Literature. perception, insight, inspiration, Fr. apercu; recognition, cognizance,… …

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