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Webster 1913 Edition


Transfiguratien

Trans-figˊu-ra′tien

,
Noun.
[L.
transfiguratio
: cf.
transfiguration
.]
1.
A change of form or appearance; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.
2.
(Eccl.)
A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.