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单词 theophany
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theophanyn.

/θiːˈɒfəni/
Etymology: < Latin theophania (c400 in Rufinus), < Greek θεοϕάνεια and θεοϕάνια (neuter plural), < θεός god + ϕαίνειν to show: see -phany comb. form. So French théophanie . Compare tiffany n.1
a. A manifestation or appearance of God or a god to man. Also transferred.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > vision > [noun]
visionc1290
bethphanya1634
theophanya1634
beatific vision1702
Christophany1843
theophanism1849
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 56 First, the Starre manifested him..from the Heavens. That's, the Epiphany: Secondly, it manifested him from God (in Trinity): for hee sent the Starre. There's, the Theophany. And lastly; It manifested him on Earth (in Domo):..There's the Bethphany.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 193 Neither was the name Theophanie, which signifies the apparition of God or the Gods, unusual even among the Gentiles.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. viii. v. 352 The universe is but a sublime Theophany, a visible manifestation of God.
1894 F. Watson Bk. Genesis true Hist. vi. 141 In the records of the Theophanies to Joshua, Gideon, and Manoah.
1894 F. Watson Bk. Genesis true Hist. vi. 141 The Theophany to Elijah at Horeb.
1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 256 The practical joker desires to make others obey him without being aware of his existence until the moment of his theophany.
b. A festival celebrating the manifestation of a deity. (Sometimes spec. applied to Christmas.)
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of manifestation of deity
theophany1756
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Theophania, θεοϕάνεια,..a festival observed by the Delphians upon the day whereon Apollo first manifested himself to them.]
1756 A. Butler Lives Saints I. 35 The Greeks still keep the Epiphany with the birth of Christ on Christmas-day, which they call Theophany, or the manifestation of God.

Derivatives

theoˈphanic adj. of or pertaining to theophany.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective]
inspiredc1450
illumined1526
godly-wise1532
revealed1533
illuminate1563
enthusiast1578
lightsome1587
enthusiastical1588
entheate1603
enthusiac1603
enthusiastic1603
illuminated1606
illightened1609
enthean1612
theopneust1647
illuminative1649
entheous1682
revelational1693
entheal1736
entheastic1804
theopneustic1838
theophanic1884
inspirational1888
theophanous1909
Beatrician1943
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2346 No vision is without a theophanic element.
1886 C. A. Briggs Messianic Prophecy i. vi. §10. 20 It is the theophanic manifestation of God in forms of time and space and the sphere of physical nature.
theˈophanism n. theophany; also, belief in theophanies.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > vision > [noun]
visionc1290
bethphanya1634
theophanya1634
beatific vision1702
Christophany1843
theophanism1849
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > vision > [noun] > belief in
theophanism1849
1849 Lady Wilde tr. W. Meinhold Sidonia the Sorceress II. iii. xiii. 184 (note) All the theophanisms (God-manifestations) recorded in the Old Testament.
1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 81 An adherent (on and off) of the extreme theophanism of William of Champeaux.
1970 R. Manheim tr. H. Corbin Creative Imagination in Ṣūfism 52 Not to understand..Ibn ‘Arabī's conscious intention..of expressing a divine love, would be..to close one's eyes to the theophanism on which this book insists.
theˈophanous adj. characterized by theophany.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective]
inspiredc1450
illumined1526
godly-wise1532
revealed1533
illuminate1563
enthusiast1578
lightsome1587
enthusiastical1588
entheate1603
enthusiac1603
enthusiastic1603
illuminated1606
illightened1609
enthean1612
theopneust1647
illuminative1649
entheous1682
revelational1693
entheal1736
entheastic1804
theopneustic1838
theophanic1884
inspirational1888
theophanous1909
Beatrician1943
1909 19th Cent. Oct. 676 This theophanous land.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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