early 14c., "festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles" (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital -E-), from Old French epiphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Greek epiphaneia "manifestation, striking appearance, festival held in commemoration of the appearance of a god at some particular place" (in New Testament, "advent or manifestation of Christ"), from epiphanes "manifest, conspicuous," from epiphainein "to manifest, display, show off; come suddenly into view," from epi "on, to" (see epi-) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). Of divine beings other than Christ, first recorded 1660s; general literary sense of "any manifestation or revelation" appeared 1840, first in De Quincey.
例文
1. By epiphany he means'sudden spiritual manifestation ".
彼の「発現」とは、「神の突起」を意味する。
2.By epiphany he means 'the most delicate and evanescent of such memorable focusing moments.'
彼の「現れる」とは、「忘れられない、心を集中させる最も微妙で短い時間」を意味する。They an intellectual epiphany and think they 've experienced catharsis.
彼らは知的で洞察力に富み、自分がこのような過程を経験したと思っている。
4.As I studied these terms，I had an epiphany .
これらの言葉を研究していたとき、私は突然ひらめいた。
5.It consists of the archetypal structure of initiation story：innocence-ordeal- epiphany -maturity.