epiphany

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The word epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning to manifest or to show.

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  1. noun A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.
  2. noun January 6, on which this feast is traditionally observed.
  3. noun A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.
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  • The word epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning to manifest or to show. —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
  • This epiphany was the reason for founding InstantAmber. —  PRWeb
  • This epiphany is usually accompanied by the realization, "Hey, I can use a DataTemplate to create a bar chart or a scatter plot with virtually no coding." —  MSDN Magazine: RSS Feed
  • "In hindsight, the epiphany is the fact that it solidified the foundation of my brand new marriage." —  Ottawa Sun
  • My big spiritual epiphany is a joke on me. —  the secret sense
 

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  1. Middle English epiphanie, from Old French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Greek epiphaneia, manifestation, from epiphainesthai, to appear : epi-, forth; see epi- + phainein, phan-, to show; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English epyphany, from Old French epiphanie, French épiphanie = Provencal epifania, epiphania = Spanish epifanía = Portuguese epiphania = Italian epifania, pifania, befania (see befana), from Late Latin epiphania, feminine singular, epiphania, neuter plural, from Greek ἐπιφάνεια, feminine singular, appearance, manifestation, sudden appearance, apparition, LGr. the epiphany, from ἐπιφανής, appearing (suddenly), becoming manifest (especially of deities), from ἐπιφαίνειν, show forth, manifest, from ἐπί + φαίνειν, show: see fancy, phantasm, etc.
 

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