Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRANS-FIG-UR-A'TION
TRANS-FIG-UR-A'TION, n. [Fr. See Transfigure.]
- A change of form; particularly, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount. See Matth. xvii.
- A feast held by the Romish church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned. Cyc.
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