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Epiphany1 Eccl.|ɪˈpɪfənɪ|
Also 4–7 epyphany(e, epiphanie, (4 the pyffanie = th' epyffanie).
[a. OF. epiphanie = Pr., It. epifania, ad. late L. epiphania neut. pl. (but often used as fem. sing.), a. late Gr. ἐπιϕάνια (neut. pl. of adj. *ἐπιϕάνιος), f. ἐπιϕαίνειν to manifest, f. ἐπί to + ϕαίνειν to show.]
The festival commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi; observed on Jan. 6th, the 12th day after Christmas.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. 96 The thridde joie of that levedy, That men clepeth the Epyphany. 1389Eng. Gild 45 Þe thred shal bene þ⊇ soneday aftir þ⊇ fest of Epiphanie. 13..Ibid. 103 Y⊇ sunday nest aftere the pyffanye. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. viii. (ed. Pynson) C vj, Of the Epyphanye to saye the open shewynge of oure lorde Jhesus. 1549Bk. Com. Pr. xix b, The firste Sonday after the Epiphanye. 1661Ussher Power Princes ii. (1683) 225 The sixth day of January, which we call the Epiphany. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. II. viii. 133 The Epiphany..is observed in the East.
attrib.c1450Life St. Cuthb. (Castle Howard MS.) 1747 Þan come þe Epiphany day. 1876Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. ii. v. 183 The morning after Epiphany day. 1884A. J. Butler Coptic Churches Egypt I. i. 22 The large Epiphany tank..forms a regular part of a Coptic church.
b. transf.
1647Crashaw Poems 166 May the great time in you still greater be, While all the year is your Epiphany. |