incarnation
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[edit] Etymology
< Middle English incarnacion < Old French incarnatiun < Mediaeval Latin incarnatio < Late Latin incarnari (“‘to be made flesh’”); see incarnate.
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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incarnation (plural incarnations)
- An incarnate being or form.
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- (theology) the Incarnation The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like
- The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
- The act of incarnating.
- The state of being incarnated.
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[edit] External links
- incarnation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- incarnation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
incarnation f.
- embodiment (entity typifying an abstraction)
This French entry was created from the translations listed at embodiment. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see incarnation in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2009