transfiguration

noun

trans·fig·u·ra·tion (ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌfi-gyə-ˈrā-shən How to pronounce transfiguration (audio)

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: a change in form or appearance : metamorphosis

: an exalting, glorifying, or spiritual change

capitalized : a Christian feast that commemorates the transfiguration of Christ on a mountaintop in the presence of three disciples and that is observed on August 6 in the Roman Catholic and some Eastern churches and on the Sunday before Lent in most Protestant churches

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The Gospels relate that one day Jesus took three disciples up a mountain, where they witnessed his transfiguration into divine form: his face shone like the sun, his garments became brilliantly white, and a voice from heaven proclaimed that this was the son of God. Transfiguration was first used in English as the name of this biblical event, and the Feast of the Transfiguration remains the name of a holy day. So the word has always kept a somewhat religious—and almost always positive—tone. A face may be transfigured by joy, and an "ugly duckling" may be slowly transfigured into a radiant beauty. And as Harry Potter fans know, transfiguration is a subject long taught at the Hogwarts School by Minerva McGonagall.

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after his transfiguration into a Buddhist monk, all his family and friends were amazed by his newly found patience and tranquillity

Recent Examples on the Web But the process of transfiguration—denaturing her pain, turning it into song—can also be healing.

Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Punctuating the transfiguration in 1946, Mrs. Roosevelt and President Harry Truman appeared on its steps for an outdoor meeting of the NAACP.

Harold Holzer, WSJ, 21 May 2022 For Casey, however, the transfiguration is taking place within.

Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022 All three open with songs contemplating death, and her other solo songs explore desire, myth, memory and transfiguration: as narrative, as images, as parable.

New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is returning to the stage - with a little transfiguration to its structure.

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 June 2021 That kind of transfiguration snuffs out the complexity of his everyday humanity.

New York Times, 20 May 2021 There was an implied story line hinting at death and transfiguration.

Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021 But, definitely in that scene, in the transfiguration classroom, there was a monkey of some kind in a cage that did just start jerking off relentlessly.

Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 4 Dec. 2020 See More

单词	transfiguration
释义	transfiguration noun trans·fig·u·ra·tion (ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌfi-gyə-ˈrā-shən -gə- 1 a : a change in form or appearance : metamorphosis b : an exalting, glorifying, or spiritual change 2 capitalized : a Christian feast that commemorates the transfiguration of Christ on a mountaintop in the presence of three disciples and that is observed on August 6 in the Roman Catholic and some Eastern churches and on the Sunday before Lent in most Protestant churches Did you know? The Gospels relate that one day Jesus took three disciples up a mountain, where they witnessed his transfiguration into divine form: his face shone like the sun, his garments became brilliantly white, and a voice from heaven proclaimed that this was the son of God. Transfiguration was first used in English as the name of this biblical event, and the Feast of the Transfiguration remains the name of a holy day. So the word has always kept a somewhat religious—and almost always positive—tone. A face may be transfigured by joy, and an "ugly duckling" may be slowly transfigured into a radiant beauty. And as Harry Potter fans know, transfiguration is a subject long taught at the Hogwarts School by Minerva McGonagall. Synonyms changeover conversion metamorphosis transformation See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences after his transfiguration into a Buddhist monk, all his family and friends were amazed by his newly found patience and tranquillity Recent Examples on the Web But the process of transfiguration—denaturing her pain, turning it into song—can also be healing. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Punctuating the transfiguration in 1946, Mrs. Roosevelt and President Harry Truman appeared on its steps for an outdoor meeting of the NAACP. Harold Holzer, WSJ, 21 May 2022 For Casey, however, the transfiguration is taking place within. Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022 All three open with songs contemplating death, and her other solo songs explore desire, myth, memory and transfiguration: as narrative, as images, as parable. New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is returning to the stage - with a little transfiguration to its structure. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 June 2021 That kind of transfiguration snuffs out the complexity of his everyday humanity. New York Times, 20 May 2021 There was an implied story line hinting at death and transfiguration. Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021 But, definitely in that scene, in the transfiguration classroom, there was a monkey of some kind in a cage that did just start jerking off relentlessly. Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 4 Dec. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a transfiguration noun as in transformation a change in form, appearance, or use after his transfiguration into a Buddhist monk, all his family and friends were amazed by his newly found patience and tranquility Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance transformation metamorphosis conversion transition alteration changeover shift modification adjustment reformation transmutation revision deformation disfigurement reconversion distortion substitution reworking remaking remodeling displacement replacement redo reconstruction refashioning redoing revamping variation supplantation mutation
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transfiguration

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