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单词 epiphany
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Epiphanyn.1

/ɪˈpɪfəni/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s epyphany(e, epiphanie, (Middle English the pyffanie = th' epyffanie).
Etymology: < Old French epiphanie = Provençal, Italian epifania, < late Latin epiphania, neuter plural (but often used as feminine singular), < late Greek ἐπιϕάνια (neuter plural of adjective *ἐπιϕάνιος), < ἐπιϕαίνειν to manifest, < ἐπί to + ϕαίνειν to show.
Ecclesiastical.
a. The festival commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi; observed on January 6th, the 12th day after Christmas.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > Epiphany
Epiphanya1350
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Epiphany (6 January) > [noun]
Twelfth-dayc1000
Epiphanya1350
twelfth1472
Uphaliday1478
Uphalimass1532
tiffanya1634
apparition1652
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 66 Þe þridde ioie of þat leuedy, þat men clepeþ þe Epyphany.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 45 Þe thred shal bene þe soneday aftir þe fest of Epiphanie.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 103 Ye sunday nest aftere the pyffanye.
c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 54 Of the Epiphanye, that is the open schewynge of oure lord Jesu.
1549 Bk. Com. Pr. xix b The firste Sonday after the Epiphanye.
1661 J. Ussher Power of Princes (1683) ii. 225 The sixth day of January, which we call the Epiphany.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. viii. 133 The Epiphany..is observed in the East.
attributive.?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1747 Þan come þe Epiphany day.1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. v. 183 The morning after Epiphany day.1884 A. J. Butler Anc. Coptic Churches Egypt I. i. 22 The large Epiphany tank..forms a regular part of a Coptic church.
b. transferred.
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1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 56 May the great time, in you, still greater be While all the Yeare is your Epiphany.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

epiphanyn.2

/ɪˈpɪfəni/
Etymology: < Greek ἐπιϕάνεια manifestation, striking appearance, esp. an appearance of a divinity (in the New Testament applied to the advent or ‘appearing’ of Christ), < ἐπιϕανής manifest, conspicuous, related to ἐπιϕαίνειν : see Epiphany n.1
1. A manifestation or appearance of some divine or superhuman being.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > activities of god(s) > visitation or epiphany
visitationc1340
visitinga1382
epiphanya1667
avatar1789
a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. in Wks. (1831) III. ix. (R.) Him..they beheld transfigured, and in a glorious epiphany on the mount.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 193 The Grecians in commemoration of these epiphanies or apparitions of their gods instituted certain Festival-dayes.
1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vi. 121 The second coming of Christ; the glorious Epiphany of God our Saviour.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxx. 141 Probably all, except the leaders, sincerely believed in the epiphany of the goddess.
1870 F. Hall in H. H. Wilson tr. Vishṅu Puráṅa v. 3 The first definition of Hayagríva makes him an epiphany of Vishṅu.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. ii. viii. 164 Transported beyond all thought of peril by that divine epiphany, he [sc. Stephen] exclaimed, [etc.].
2. transferred and figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > appearing or becoming visible
appearingc1375
showinga1387
appearancec1400
peeping1593
appear?1610
apparition1652
outcropping1836
epiphany1859
1859 T. De Quincey Style (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay XI. 257 There had been two manifestations or bright epiphanies of the Grecian intellect.
1881 J. S. Blackie Lay Serm. v. 186 The statesman has yet to make his epiphany who, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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