transfiguration

1. 1.

   (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus

   SynonymsTransfiguration DayAugust 6

   BroaderChristian holy day

   Christianity

2. 2.

   (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus

   SynonymsTransfiguration of Jesus

   Broadermiracle

   New Testament

3. 3.

   a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

   “the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting”

   Synonymsmetamorphosis

   Broaderrevision
4. 4.

   the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify

   Broadertransformation

Other forms of transfiguration

plural

transfigurations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transfiguration

What does transfiguration mean?

transfiguration means "(Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transfiguration?

transfiguration has 6 syllables: trans-fi-gu-ra-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for transfiguration?

Close synonyms include Transfiguration Day, August 6, Transfiguration of Jesus, metamorphosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transfiguration a common word?

transfiguration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.