incarnation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Middle English incarnacion < Old French incarnatiun < Mediaeval Latin incarnatio < Late Latin incarnari (“‘to be made flesh’”); see incarnate.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[edit] Noun

incarnation (plural incarnations)

1. An incarnate being or form.
2. A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
3. An assumption of human form or nature.
4. (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.
5. A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like

   The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.

6. The act of incarnating.
7. The state of being incarnated.

[edit] Related terms

• carnal
• incarnate
• reincarnate
• reincarnation

[edit] Translations

Czech: vtělení n. Russian: воплощение (voploš'énije) n.

Serbian: ovaploćenje n., utelovljenje n. Spanish: encarnación Telugu: అవతారం (avataaraM)

[edit] External links

• “incarnation” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• "incarnation" at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.