INCARNATION


Meaning of INCARNATION in English

— incarnational , adj.

/in'kahr nay"sheuhn/ , n.

1. an incarnate being or form.

2. a living being embodying a deity or spirit.

3. assumption of human form or nature.

4. the Incarnation , ( sometimes l.c. ) Theol. the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is completely both God and man.

5. a person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like: The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.

6. the act of incarnating.

7. state of being incarnated.

[ 1250-1300; ME incarnacion incarnation- (s. of incarnatio ) equiv. to incarnat ( us ) INCARNATE + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .