theophany

See also: Theophany

English

Etymology

From Late Latin theophania, corresponding to theo- +‎ -phany, from θεο (theo, “God”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /θiːˈɒfəni/

Noun

theophany (plural theophanies)

  1. A manifestation of a deity to a person.
    • 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 47:
      It was a bewildering theophany, since it was impossible to make out anything clearly in the stormy obscurity of thunder, lightning, smoke and wind.

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