释义 |
angelophany|-ˈɒfənɪ| [f. as prec. + -ϕανία or -ϕάνεια appearance, manifestation.] The appearing or visible manifestation of angels.
1846Geo. Eliot tr. Strauss's Life of Jesus I. 67 The Theophany and Angelophany of the Old and New Testament. 1858Sears Athan. vi. 47 It has been asserted..that in the angelophanies both of the Old and New Testament, the angels assumed a material body. 1874H. Reynolds John Bapt. ii. 89 All these angelophanies were anticipations of the ultimate adoption of our humanity by the Eternal Logos. |