Tuesday 4th October 2016
Epiphany /ɪˈpɪfənɪ/
Noun (pl) -nies
1. The manifestation of a supernatural or divine reality
2. Any moment of great or sudden revelation
3.
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
Derived Forms
Adjective
Epiphanic (ˌɛpɪˈfænɪk)
Quote
What also, if anything, was the epiphany which convinced you that you
could complete it to your satisfaction?
Aravind Adiga Responds to Our Readers –
The Daily Beast 29 July 2009
Origin
Early 14c., "festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles"
(celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital -E)
Of divine beings other than Christ, first recorded 1660’s; general literary
sense of "any manifestation or revelation" appeared 1840, first in DeQuincey
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