transfiguration

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A marked change in form or appearance; a metamorphosis.

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A change that glorifies or exalts.

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The sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus that occurred on a mountain.

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The Christian feast commemorating this event, observed on August 6 in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches and on the Sunday before Lent in most Protestant churches.

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change of form or appearance; particularly, the change in the personal appearance of Christ, in the presence of three of his disciples (Peter, James, and John), described in Mat. xvii. 1–9; hence, some similar transformation.

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A festival observed in the Greek, the Roman Catholic, and the Anglican Churches on August 6th, in commemoration of Christ’s transfiguration.

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a large change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis

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a change that exalts or glorifies