EPIPHANY


Meaning of EPIPHANY in English

/ ɪˈpɪfəni; NAmE / noun

a Christian festival, held on the 6 January, in memory of the time when the Magi came to see the baby Jesus at Bethlehem

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from Greek epiphainein reveal. The sense relating to the Christian festival is via Old French epiphanie and ecclesiastical Latin epiphania .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.