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Epiphany /e-pifˈə-ni/ noun- A church festival celebrated on 6 January in commemoration of the manifestation of Christ to the Wise Men of the East (or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of Christ's baptism and first miracle at Cana) (abbrev Epiph.)
- (the following senses usu without cap) the manifestation of a god
- A usu sudden revelation or insight into the nature, essence or meaning of something
ORIGIN: Gr epiphaneia appearance, from epi to, and phainein to show epiphanic /-fanˈ/ adjective |