'Theophany' definitions:
Definition of 'theophany'
(from WordNet)
noun
A visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person
Definition of 'Theophany'
From: GCIDE
- Theophany \The*oph"a*ny\, n.; pl. -nies. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to appear.] A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'theophany'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflatus,
- angelophany,
- apocalypse,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- appearing,
- arising,
- astral,
- astral spirit,
- avatar,
- banshee,
- Christophany,
- coming,
- coming into being,
- coming-forth,
- control,
- departed spirit,
- direct communication,
- disclosure,
- disembodied spirit,
- dissemination,
- divine inspiration,
- divine revelation,
- duppy,
- dybbuk,
- eidolon,
- embodiment,
- emergence,
- epiphany,
- evidence,
- evincement,
- exposure,
- expression,
- form,
- forthcoming,
- ghost,
- grateful dead,
- guide,
- hant,
- haunt,
- idolum,
- immateriality,
- incarnation,
- incorporeal,
- incorporeal being,
- incorporeity,
- indication,
- inspiration,
- issuance,
- larva,
- lemures,
- manes,
- manifestation,
- Masan,
- materialization,
- materializing,
- mystical experience,
- mysticism,
- occurrence,
- oni,
- opening,
- phantasm,
- phantasma,
- phantom,
- pneumatophany,
- poltergeist,
- presence,
- presentation,
- proof,
- prophecy,
- publication,
- realization,
- revelation,
- revenant,
- rise,
- rising,
- Satanophany,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shape,
- showing,
- showing forth,
- shrouded spirit,
- specter,
- spectral ghost,
- spirit,
- spook,
- sprite,
- theophania,
- theopneustia,
- theopneusty,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- unsubstantiality,
- vision,
- walking dead man,
- wandering soul,
- wraith,
- zombie