Transfiguration

See also: transfiguration

English

Proper noun

Transfiguration

Carl Bloch's 19th-century painting of the Transfiguration of Jesus

1. (Christianity) An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.
2. (Christianity) The miracle itself.

Translations

a feast day

• Aghwan: 𐔴𐔿𐔴𐔲𐔾𐔰𐕌𐔴𐕎 (en'eglamen)
• Arabic: عِيدُ تَجَلٍّ m (ʕīdu tajallin)
• Armenian: Պայծառակերպություն (Paycaṙakerputʻyun)
• German: Verklärung des Herrn f
• Irish: Claochlú an Tiarna m
• Italian: Trasfigurazione di Gesù f
• Latin: Transfiguratio Domini f
• Polish: Przemienienie Pańskie (pl) n, Transfiguracja f
• Udi: вартивер (vartiver)