transfiguration

transfiguration [trans-fig-yuh-rey-shuh n, trans-fig-] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for transfiguration on Thesaurus.com noun

1. the act of transfiguring.
2. the state of being transfigured.
3. (initial capital letter) the supernatural and glorified change in the appearance of Jesus on the mountain. Matt. 17:1–9.
4. (initial capital letter) the church festival commemorating this, observed on August 6.

Origin of transfiguration 1325–75; Middle English Transfiguracion Latin trānsfigūrātiōn- (stem of trānsfigūrātiō) change of shape. See transfigure, -ation Related Words for transfiguration revolution, about-face, correction, distortion, metamorphosis, adjustment, diversification, conversion, compression, variety, addition, novelty, mutation, reconstruction, innovation, modification, vicissitude, transformation, transmutation, revision Examples from the Web for transfiguration Historical Examples of transfiguration

The transfiguration then was the divine defiance of the coming darkness.

Miracles of Our Lord

George MacDonald

The Transfiguration, by Raphael, is an eminent example of this peculiar merit.

Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson

She moved up to him and looked at him with an affection that was a transfiguration.

Gilian The Dreamer

Neil Munro

The Transfiguration, I think, will make a stare in England!’

Art in England

Dutton Cook

Do you know where the Church of the Transfiguration is located?

The Last Woman

Ross Beeckman

British Dictionary definitions for transfiguration transfiguration noun

1. the act or an instance of transfiguring or the state of being transfigured

Transfiguration noun

1. New Testament the change in the appearance of Christ that took place before three disciples (Matthew 17:1–9)
2. the Church festival held in commemoration of this on Aug 6

Word Origin and History for transfiguration n.

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.