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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•piph•a•ny (i pif′ə nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. - Religion(cap.) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
- Religionan appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity.
- a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
- Literaturea literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.
- Late Greek epipháneia, Greek: apparition, equivalent. to epi- epi- + phan- (stem of phaínein to appear) + -eia -y3
- Late Latin epiphanīa
- Middle English epiphanie 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: epiphany /ɪˈpɪfənɪ/ n ( pl -nies)- the manifestation of a supernatural or divine reality
- any moment of great or sudden revelation
Etymology: 17th Century: via Church Latin from Greek epiphaneia an appearing, from epi- + phainein to showepiphanic /ˌɛpɪˈfænɪk/ adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Epiphany /ɪˈpɪfənɪ/ n ( pl -nies)- a Christian festival held on Jan 6, commemorating, in the Western Church, the manifestation of Christ to the Magi and, in the Eastern Church, the baptism of Christ
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