n.
Pronunciation: p ə r- ˌ sä-n ə -f ə - ' k ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: circa 1755
1 : attribution of personal qualities especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
2 : a divinity or imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction
3 : EMBODIMENT , INCARNATION