transfiguration
pronunciation
How to pronounce transfiguration in British English:
UK [ˌtrænsˌfɪɡə'reɪʃn]
How to pronounce transfiguration in American English:
US [ˌtrænsˌfɪɡə'reɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify
Word Origin
- transfiguration (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin transfigurationem (nominative transfiguratio) "a change of form," noun of action from past participle stem of transfigurare (see transfigure). In English, originally "the change in appearance of Christ before his disciples" (Matt. xvii:2; Mark ix:2,3). The non-Christian sense is first recorded 1540s.
Example
- 1. Maybe craig 's bond , through some form of cinematic transfiguration , was able to benefit from those previous visits -- different actor , same muscle memory .
- 2. Through exaggeration and transfiguration , these paper-cuts fully express the good wishes of chinese people .
- 3. I am not contrasting work to either passive contemplation or vague dreaminess , but to an unrealizable transfiguration ; nevertheless , I prefer an intelligent and observant laziness to intolerable , terrorizing activity .
- 4. There were but three disciples allowed to see the transfiguration , and those three entered the gloom of gethsemane .
- 5. The restraints were magically reinforced , warded against transfiguration or breaking spells , and could only be removed by a person with sufficiently high clearance .