EPIPHANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Epiphany mean? 

• EPIPHANY (noun)
  The noun EPIPHANY has 2 senses:

1. a divine manifestation

2. twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

  Familiarity information: EPIPHANY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIPHANY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A divine manifestation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

manifestation (a clear appearance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Epiphany; Epiphany of Our Lord; January 6; Three Kings' Day; Twelfth day

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

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Holonyms ("Epiphany" is a part of...):

Jan; January (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)

 Context examples 

The rest will to Dax when the prince starts, which will be before the feast of the Epiphany.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From the Feast of the Epiphany there was mustering and massing, until, in the first week of February—three days after the White Company joined the army—the word was given for a general advance through the defile of Roncesvalles.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)