transfiguration
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
- (countable, uncountable) A change that exalts or glorifies.
- (countable, uncountable) superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.
Synonyms
change of form
transmutation
Translations
transfiguration
transfiguración
trasfigurazione
Transfiguration
verheerlijking
metamorfose
tecelli
تبدل الهيئةEtymology
In summary
From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.
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