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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)
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| Definition of 'incarnation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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.
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| Definition of 'incarnation' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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| Definitions of 'incarnation' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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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.
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Sense: (the) human form taken by a divine being etc
Most Christians believe that Christ was the incarnation of God.
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 Afrikaans: vleeswording |
 Arabic: تَجَسُّد |
 Bulgarian: въплъщение |
 Brazilian: encarnação |
 Czech: vtělení |
 German: die Menschwerdung |
 Danish: legemliggørelse; inkarnat |
 Greek: ενσάρκωση |
 Spanish: encarnación |
 Estonian: lihakssaamine |
 Farsi: انسان دیسی؛ مظهر |
 Finnish: inkarnaatio |
 French: incarnation |
 Hebrew: הִתגַלמוּת |
 Hindi: अवतारण |
 Croatian: utjelovljenje |
 Hungarian: testté válás |
 Indonesian: penjelmaan |
 Icelandic: holdgun, holdtekja |
 Italian: incarnazione |
 Japanese: 化身 |
 Korean: 육체화한 것 |
 Lithuanian: įsikūnijimas |
 Latvian: iemiesojums |
 Malay: lambang |
 Dutch: incarnatie |
 Norwegian: legemliggjørelse, inkarna |
 Polish: wcielenie |
 Persian: انسان دیسی؛ مظهر |
 Pashto: بند، قيد |
 Portuguese: encarnação |
 Romanian: incarnare,întrupare |
 Russian: воплощение |
 Slovak: vtelenie |
 Slovenian: utelešenje |
 Serbian: otelotvorenje |
 Swedish: inkarnation, förkroppslig |
 Thai: การว่าคาถา |
 Turkish: vücut bulma |
 Taiwanese: 化身 |
 Ukrainian: втілення; уособлення |
 Urdu: مجسّم ہونا |
 Vietnamese: sự hoá thân |
 Chinese: 化身 |
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