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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 person
Familiarity information: THEOPHANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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