Epiphany (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural e·piph·a·nies.
  1. 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 appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity.
  3. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
  4. a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.
noun plural -nies
  1. the manifestation of a supernatural or divine reality
  2. any moment of great or sudden revelation
noun plural -nies
  1. a Christian festival held on Jan 6, commemorating, in the Western Church, the manifestation of Christ to the Magi and, in the Eastern Church, the baptism of Christ
Epiphany (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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