单词 | angelophany |
释义 | angelophanyn. An appearance or visible manifestation of an angel or angels. Also: angelic manifestation as a phenomenon. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > appearance of angelophany1842 1842 J. E. Ryland tr. A. Neander Hist. Planting & Training Christian Church II. vi. iv. 251 All earlier Angelophanies [Ger. Angelophanieen] and Theophanies, were only as so many single rays of the deity. 1864 O. B. Frothingham tr. E. Renan Stud. Relig. Hist. 175 The interpreters..explain the apparition of the angel by the usual laws of angelophany. 1931 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 50 211 The evidence was the empty grave.., supplemented by angelophanies and Christophanies. 1972 Congr. Volume: Uppsala, 1971 (Suppl. Vetus Testamentum vol. 22) 225 The consecration of the altar there [sc. in 2 Sam. xxiv] is due to both angelophany (vs. 16b) and prophetic command (vss. 18-19). 1996 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Angels 11/1 For many people, an angelophany bolsters spiritual faith, or jolts one on to a spiritual path. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1842 |
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