Epiphany word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "epiphany" word

[noun] a divine manifestation
[noun] twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

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\E*piph"a*ny\, n. [F. ['e]piphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. 'epifa`nia (sc. ?), for 'epifa`neia appearance, fr. 'epifai`nein to show forth; 'epi` + fai`nein to show. See {Fancy}.] 1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest. Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. --Jer. Taylor. An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. --De Quincey. 2. (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.

Synonyms for epiphany

Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day

See also: Christian holy day | Jan | January | manifestation |

Related terms: afflatus, Allhallowtide, Ascension Day, coming-forth, divine revelation, Easter Monday, Ember days, evincement, expression, Good Friday, Lammas, Lent, materializing, mystical experience, opening, Pancake Day, presentation, publication, Septuagesima, theopneusty, visuality, Whitsunday

The fun area, different aproach to word »epiphany«

Let's analyse "epiphany" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YNAHPIPE. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: . .--. .. .--. .... .- -. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: epiphany: 5 + 9 + 1 = 15, reduced: 6 (or 22 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: epiphany: 5 + 7 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 1 + 5 + 7 = 49, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
P (2)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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