Transfiguration
English Meaning
- A marked change in form or appearance; a metamorphosis.
- A change that glorifies or exalts.
- Bible The sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus that occurred on a mountain.
- The Christian feast commemorating this event, observed on August 6 in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, on August 19 in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on the Sunday before Lent in most Protestant churches.