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THEOPHANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theophany mean? 

THEOPHANY (noun)
  The noun THEOPHANY has 1 sense:

1. a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human personplay

  Familiarity information: THEOPHANY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THEOPHANY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("theophany" is a kind of...):

manifestation (a clear appearance)


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