EPIPHANY
\ɪpˈɪfənˌɪ], \ɪpˈɪfənˌɪ], \ɪ_p_ˈɪ_f_ə_n_ˌɪ]\
Definitions of EPIPHANY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
By Oddity Software
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A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
By Noah Webster.
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A church festival celebrated on Jan. 6 in commemoration of the appearance of Christ to the wise men of the East.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A festival (Jan. 6) in commemoration of the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem.
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Any bodily manifestation, as of a deity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Appearance; among the Greeks, a festival in commemoration of the apparition of a god; a Church festival, celebrated on the 6th day of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the appearance of our Saviour to the Magi, or of the star which led them.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A church festival held on 6th January in commemoration of the visit of the Magians or Eastern Sages to Bethlehem to see and worship the child Jesus; generally the manifestation of Christ to the world.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
