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14 August 2006

Tuesday's Word: epiphany

e·piph·a·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-pf-n)n. pl. e·piph·a·nies

Epiphany

A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.

January 6, on which this feast is traditionally observed.

A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization: “I experienced an epiphany, a spiritual flash that would change the way I viewed myself” (Frank Maier).

[Middle English epiphanie, from Old French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Greek epiphaneia, manifestation, from epiphainesthai, to appear : epi-, forth; see epi- + phainein, phan-, to show; see bh-1 in Indo-European Roots.]

Today's Word comes by request of Catherine Belle!

4 Comments:

Blogger barbie2be said...

catherine, that just means david started this post before midnight while it was still technically aug 14.

18:57  
Blogger Yoga Korunta said...

Catherine, you have lovely suggestions! "Optimism" is a great word and describes how more of us should be!

23:28  
Blogger Yoga Korunta said...

Barbie, hope you're feeling better. It's always a pleasure to see you!

23:30  
Blogger barbie2be said...

Thank you David, I am feeling much better.

14:16  

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