Epiphany

E-piph′a-ny

,

Noun.

[F.

épiphanie

, L.

epiphania

, Gr.

ἐπιφάνια

(sc. [GREEK]), for

ἐπιφάνεια

appearance, fr.

ἐπιφαίνειν

to show forth;

ἐπί

+

φαίνειν

to show. See

Fancy

.]

1.

An appearance, or a becoming manifest.

Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious

epiphany

upon the mount.

Jer. Taylor.

An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its

epiphany

in Paris.

De Quincey.

2.

(Eccl.)

A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.

Epiphany

EPIPH'ANY

,

Noun.

[Gr. appearance; to appear.] A christian festival celebrated on the sixth day of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the appearance of our Savior to the magians or philosophers of the East, who came to adore him with presents; or as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the magians, or the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. Jerome and Chrysostom take the epiphany to be the day of our Savior's baptism, when a voice from heaven declared, 'This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.' The Greek fathers use the word for the appearance of christ in the world, the sense in which Paul used the word. 2 Tim. 1.10.

Epiphany

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English

Noun

Epiphany ‎(plural Epiphanies)

The appearance of Jesus Christ to the three Magi on the twelfth day after Christmas
An annual Christian feast celebrating this event
January 6th, the day of the celebration

Synonyms

Twelfthtide

Translations

Christian feast

Arabic: عِيد اَلْغِطَاس m ‎(ʿīd al-ḡiṭās), غِطَاس m ‎(ḡiṭās)
Armenian: Հայտնություն ‎(Haytnutʿyun)
Aromanian: Pãtigiuni f
Bulgarian: Богоявление n ‎(Bogojavlénie), Йордановден m ‎(Jordanovden)
Catalan: Epifania f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 主顯節 (zh), 主显节 (zh) ‎(Zhǔxiǎnjié)
Czech: Epifanie f
Danish: helligtrekongersdag c
Dutch: Driekoningen (nl) m
Faroese: trettandi m, trettandadagur m, trettanda f
Finnish: loppiainen (fi)
French: Épiphanie (fr) f, fête des Rois f
German: Dreikönigsfest n, Erscheinung des Herrn (de) f, Heilige Drei Könige (de) pl, m
Greek: Θεοφάνια (el) n pl ‎(Theofánia), Φώτα (el) n pl ‎(Fóta)
Hungarian: vízkereszt (hu), epifánia
Icelandic: þrettándi m
Irish: Nollaig na mBan f, Eipeafáine f
Old Irish: notlaic becc f, notlaic stéille f

Italian: Befana f, Epifania f
Japanese: エピファニー ‎(Epifanī), 公現祭 ‎(こうげんさい, Kōgensai)
Latvian: Triju Ķēniņu diena, Zvaigznes diena
Lithuanian: Trys karaliai m pl
Luxembourgish: Dräikinneksdag m
Maltese: Tre Re, Epifanija
Manx: Feailley Çhybbyrt Ushtey f, Laa Gymmyrt Ushtey m, Laa Çhebbal Ooashley m
Maori: Whakaaturanga
Norwegian: helligtrekongersdag m
Polish: Objawienie Pańskie f, Epifania f
Portuguese: Epifania (pt) f
Romanian: Bobotează f
Russian: Богоявле́ние (ru) n ‎(Bogojavlénije), Явле́ние n ‎(Javlénije), Эпифа́ния f ‎(Epifánija)
Scottish Gaelic: Fèill an Taisbeanaidh f, Là nan Trì Rìghrean m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Богојављење n

Roman: Bogojavljenje (sh) n
Swedish: Trettondedag jul, Trettondedagen, trettondag (sv) c

epiphany

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English

Noun

epiphany ‎(plural epiphanies)

A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
(Christianity) Season or time of the Christian church year from the Epiphany feast day to Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent (See Epiphany).

Synonyms

(illuminating realization or discovery): aha moment, enlightenment, nirvana, satori
(manifestation of a deity): theophany

Translations

manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being

Bulgarian: богоявление n ‎(bogojavlénie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 主顯節 (zh), 主显节 (zh) ‎(Zhǔxiǎnjié)
Czech: zjevení n
Dutch: verschijning (nl), openbaring (nl)
Esperanto: epifanio
Finnish: ilmestys (fi)
French: apparition (fr) f
German: Erscheinung (de) f, Offenbarung (de) f, Manifestation f, Epiphanie (de) f
Greek: επιφάνεια (el) ‎(epifáneia), θεοφάνεια (el) ‎(theofáneia)

Italian: epifania (it) f, Epifania f
Japanese: エピファニー ‎(Epifanī), 公現祭 ‎(こうげんさい, Kōgensai)
Macedonian: богојавление n ‎(bogojavlénie)
Portuguese: epifania (pt) f, manifestação (pt) f
Romanian: epifanie n
Russian: явле́ние (ru) n ‎(javlénije), богоявле́ние (ru) f ‎(bogojavlénije)
Serbo-Croatian: epifànija (sh) f, bogojávljēnje n
Spanish: epifanía (es) f, manifestación (es) f
Venetian: Pifanìa (vec) f, Pefanìa f

illuminating realization or discovery

Chinese:
Mandarin: 頓悟 (zh), 顿悟 (zh) ‎(dùnwù), 洞察 (zh) ‎(dòngchá), 領悟 (zh), 领悟 (zh) ‎(lǐngwù)
Dutch: epifanie (nl), ingeving (nl) n
Finnish: ahaa-elämys, valaistus (fi)
French: illumination (fr), révélation (fr) f
German: Erleuchtung f, Heureka-Moment m, Aha-Erlebnis (de) n

Japanese: 洞察 (ja) ‎(どうさつ, dōsatsu)
Macedonian: прогледување n ‎(progledúvanje)
Portuguese: epifania (pt) f
Romanian: epifanie n
Russian: прозре́ние (ru) n ‎(prozrénije), озаре́ние (ru) n ‎(ozarénije)
Serbo-Croatian: epifànija (sh) f

(Christianity) time of the Christian church year

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