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/tɹænsfˌɪɡjʊɹˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
- (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus
How To Use Transfiguration In A Sentence
- Hunt was also to write that he and Millais used to stand in front of the Raphael cartoons (then at Hampton Court) and judge them fearlessly, also that they condemned Raphael's Transfiguration (which they had never seen) 'for its grandiose disregard of the simplicity of truth, the pompous posturing of the Apostles, and the unspiritual attitudinising of the Saviour.' Cosa Nostra
- Between August 1 and 6, San Salvador holds a fiesta (major celebration) commemorating the Transfiguration of Christ.
- Indeed, one might think spreading the story of the transfiguration could help convert a few unbelievers.
- It could not be called a transfiguration that sleep had worked in his face; for the features wore essentially the same expression when waking; but sleep spiritualized that expression, exalted it, and also harmonized it. Biographical Essays
- That role was amicably filled by Abbot Joseph of Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Redwood, California until his abbatial duties, understandably, simply didn't allow for it. Reviving the NLM Eastern Catholic Correspondent: Call for Submissions
- How many of you have scratched your head into baldness trying to come up with something new and interesting to say on the Feast of the Transfiguration?
- Two major techniques are the transfiguration of classical fairytales, and the integration of traditional motifs with contemporary references within atypical settings and plotlines.
- The moment I've previously called transfiguration is tantamount to the sexual release Hitchcock obtained by controlling and commanding the beautiful women he could never possess sexually in real life. InstaPunk
- Orthodox Christians live - habitually, I would say - within a liturgical environment that transfigures body and soul, the entire world, in this vision of the light of the Transfiguration.
- Then his transfiguration: the force he'd seen in the mirror, blazing back at him. GALILEE