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 Definitions of incarnation  [ˌɪn kɑrˈneɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'incarnation' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) incarnation
an incarnate being or form.

2.  incarnation
a living being embodying a deity or spirit.

3.  incarnation
the Incarnation, (sometimes l.c.) the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ.

4.  incarnation
a person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.

5.  incarnation
the act of incarnating.

6.  incarnation
state of being incarnated.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < LL)

Definition of 'incarnation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) embodiment, incarnation, avatar
a new personification of a familiar idea
"the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"

2. (noun) Incarnation
(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

3. (noun) incarnation
time passed in a particular bodily form
"he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

4. (noun) personification, incarnation
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.


Definition of 'incarnation' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) incarnation
the act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature

2. (noun) incarnation
the union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ

3. (noun) incarnation
an incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act

4. (noun) incarnation
a rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation

5. (noun) incarnation
the process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation


Definitions of 'incarnation' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  incarnation
the humanisation of the Divine in the person of Christ, a doctrine vehemently opposed in the early times of the Church by both Jews and Gnostics, by the former as inconsistent with the greatness of God, and by the latter as inconsistent with the inbred depravity of man.


Translation of 'incarnation' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (the) human form taken by a divine being etc
Most Christians believe that Christ was the incarnation of God.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vleeswording Arabic flag Arabic: تَجَسُّد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: въплъщение
Brazilian flag Brazilian: encarnação Czech flag Czech: vtělení German flag German: die Menschwerdung
Danish flag Danish: legemliggørelse; inkarnat Greek flag Greek: ενσάρκωση Spanish flag Spanish: encarnación
Estonian flag Estonian: lihakssaamine Farsi flag Farsi: انسان دیسی؛ مظهر Finnish flag Finnish: inkarnaatio
French flag French: incarnation Hebrew flag Hebrew: הִתגַלמוּת Hindi flag Hindi: अवतारण
Croatian flag Croatian: utjelovljenje Hungarian flag Hungarian: testté válás Indonesian flag Indonesian: penjelmaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: holdgun, holdtekja Italian flag Italian: incarnazione Japanese flag Japanese: 化身
Korean flag Korean: 육체화한 것 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įsikūnijimas Latvian flag Latvian: iemiesojums
Malay flag Malay: lambang Dutch flag Dutch: incarnatie Norwegian flag Norwegian: legemliggjørelse, inkarna
Polish flag Polish: wcielenie Persian flag Persian: انسان دیسی؛ مظهر Pashto flag Pashto: بند، قيد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: encarnação Romanian flag Romanian: incarnare,întrupare Russian flag Russian: воплощение
Slovak flag Slovak: vtelenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: utelešenje Serbian flag Serbian: otelotvorenje
Swedish flag Swedish: inkarnation, förkroppslig Thai flag Thai: การว่าคาถา Turkish flag Turkish: vücut bulma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 化身 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: втілення; уособлення Urdu flag Urdu: مجسّم ہونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự hoá thân Chinese flag Chinese: 化身

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