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in·car·na·tion    Audio Help   [in-kahr-ney-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an incarnate being or form.
2.a living being embodying a deity or spirit.
3.assumption of human form or nature.
4.the Incarnation, (sometimes lowercase) Theology. the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is completely both God and man.
5.a person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like: The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
6.the act of incarnating.
7.state of being incarnated.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME incarnacion < LL incarnātiōn- (s. of incarnātiō) equiv. to incarnāt(us) incarnate + -iōn- -ion]

in·car·na·tion·al, adjective
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in·car·na·tion    Audio Help   (ĭn'kär-nā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act of incarnating.
    2. The condition of being incarnated.
  1. Incarnation Christianity The doctrine that the Son of God was conceived in the womb of Mary and that Jesus is true God and true man.
  2. A bodily manifestation of a supernatural being.
  3. One who is believed to personify a given abstract quality or idea.
  4. A period of time passed in a given bodily form or condition: hopes for a better life in another incarnation.

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incarnation 
1297, "embodiment of God in the person of Christ," from O.Fr. incarnation (12c.), from L.L. incarnationem (nom. incarnatio), "act of being made flesh" (used by Church writers esp. of God in Christ), from L. incarnatus, pp. of incarnare "to make flesh," from in- "in" + caro (gen. carnis) "flesh."

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incarnation

noun
1. a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" [syn: embodiment
2. (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ 
3. time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation" 
4. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. [syn: personification

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incarnation [inkaːˈneiʃən] noun
(the) human form taken by a divine being etc
Example: Most Christians believe that Christ was the incarnation of God.
Arabic: تَجَسُّد
Chinese (Simplified): 化身
Chinese (Traditional): 化身
Czech: vtělení
Danish: legemliggørelse; inkarnation
Dutch: incarnatie
Estonian: lihakssaamine
Finnish: ruumiillistuma
French: incarnation
German: die Menschwerdung
Greek: ενσάρκωση
Hungarian: testté válás
Icelandic: holdgun, holdtekja
Indonesian: penjelmaan
Italian: incarnazione
Japanese: 化身
Korean: 육체를 가진 존재로 되기; 화신
Latvian: iemiesojums
Lithuanian: įsikūnijimas
Norwegian: legemliggjørelse, inkarnasjon
Polish: wcielenie
Portuguese (Brazil): encarnação
Portuguese (Portugal): encarnação
Romanian: incarnare, întrupare
Russian: воплощение
Slovak: vtelenie
Slovenian: utelešenje
Spanish: encarnación
Swedish: inkarnation, förkroppsligande
Turkish: vücut bulma
See also: incarnate

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Incarnation

The Christian belief that the Son, the second person of the Trinity, was incarnated, or made flesh, in the person of Jesus, in order to save the world from original sin.


[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion


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Incarnation

In`car*na"tion\, n. [F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]

1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.

2. (Theol.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.

3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.

She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. --Jeffrey.

The very incarnation of selfishness. --F. W. Robertson.

4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [Obs.]

5. (Med.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
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