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incarnation

incarnation


in·car·na·tion  (nkär-nshn)
n.
1.
a. The act of incarnating.
b. The condition of being incarnated.
2. Incarnation Christianity The doctrine that the Son of God was conceived in the womb of Mary and that Jesus is true God and true man.
3. A bodily manifestation of a supernatural being.
4. One who is believed to personify a given abstract quality or idea.
5. A period of time passed in a given bodily form or condition: hopes for a better life in another incarnation.


incarnation  /nkrnen/  n. 1 [C;U] a living being that represents s.t. else: Christians believe Jesus was the incarnation of God. 2 [C] a different version or form: That is the same story in another incarnation. -adj. incarnate. incarnation

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