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the·oph·a·ny 
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| a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person. |
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n. pl. the·oph·a·nies An appearance of a god to a human; a divine manifestation. [Medieval Latin theophania, from Late Greek theophaneia : Greek theo-, theo- + Greek phainein, phan-, to show; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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| a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person |
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Theophany
The*oph"a*ny\, n.; pl. -nies. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to appear.] A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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