Transfiguration

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Transfiguration
       n 1: (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of
            the Transfiguration of Jesus [syn: {Transfiguration Day},
             {August 6}]
       2: (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the
          person of Jesus [syn: {Transfiguration of Jesus}]


       3: a striking change in appearance or character or
          circumstances; "the metamorphosis of the old house into
          something new and exciting" [syn: {metamorphosis}]
       4: the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "transfiguration":
     avatar, catabolism, catalysis, consubstantiation, displacement,
     heterotopia, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis,
     metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form,
     mutation, permutation, reincarnation, sport, transanimation,
     transfigurement, transformation, transformism, translation,
     translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation,
     transposition, transubstantiation