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   epiphany

   /ɪˈpɪfəni/

   noun

   • 1. the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
   • ▪ the festival commemorating the Epiphany on 6 January: "many submerge themselves in ice water to celebrate Epiphany"
   • ▪ a manifestation of a divine or supernatural being: "many believe this scene to represent an epiphany of the goddess"
   • 2. a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization: "a few years ago, I had an epiphany"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Greek epiphainein ‘reveal’. The sense relating to the Christian festival is via Old French epiphanie and ecclesiastical Latin epiphania.

   Derivatives

   • 1. epiphanic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 18

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