incarnation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a new personification of a familiar idea
  2. noun (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
  3. noun time passed in a particular bodily form

Etymology

From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).

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Synonyms

embodiment, avatar

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