Usage of "transfiguration"

portuguès

transfiguração

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

Transfiguration of Jesus

transfiguração

portuguès

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espanyol

6 de agosto

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

6 de agosto

portuguès

metamorfose

català

metamorfosi

A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances.

metamorphosis

metamorfosi

Sinònims

Examples for "metamorphosis"

metamorphosis

Examples for "metamorphosis"

There would be no dangerous metamorphosis into an alien state of being. 
 The Naked God 

Either it evaporates in gratification or it undergoes some metamorphosis in suppression. 
 To-morrow? 

IFG has undergone a metamorphosis in recent years, divesting its non-core operations. 
 The Irish Times 

Except, of course, those men who had enjoyed riding before their metamorphosis. 
 Changeless 

But there must have been other elements in the metamorphosis of Rhodora. 
 A Court of Inquiry 

Ús de transfiguration en anglès

The upper part of the picture discloses the transfiguration of the Saviour. 
 Raphael / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the... 

For the brief space that it lasted, it was a dark transfiguration. 
 The Scarlet Letter 

A transfiguration had been wrought by one figure, fair to look upon. 
 The Way of a Man 

Under this transfiguration, overwhelming him like a series of thunderbolts, Gwynplaine fainted. 
 The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History 

When does this transfiguration take place, so marvellous and yet so natural? 
 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184... 

In a period of time incalculably short, transfiguration had come to her. 
 The Squirrel-Cage 

It has already been remarked that such 'transfiguration' is not wholly supernatural. 
 The Reconciliation of Races and Religions 

Thank God for the mounts of transfiguration where we behold His glory! 
 When the Holy Ghost is Come 

The transfiguration then was the divine defiance of the coming darkness. 
 Miracles of Our Lord 

We mark the date with some transfiguration-themed hymns, including Immortal,… Read more Audio 
 Radio NZ 

I wanted that revelation, that moment of transfiguration, never to fade. 
 The Memoirs of Cleopatra 

Therefore the witnesses of the transfiguration should have been angels rather than men. 
 Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame... 

We now consider Christ's transfiguration; and here there are four points of inquiry: 
 Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame... 

They believe in a coming revelation, as well as a transfiguration of Catholicism. 
 What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of ... 

This twilight hour was always a prolonged moment of transfiguration for the Mont. 
 In and out of Three Normandy Inns 

The transfiguration attracted envious attention, and he was besieged with questions. 
 World's War Events  Volume 3 / Beginning with the departure of t... 