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apparition
[ ap-uh-rish-uhn ]
noun
- a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith:
a ghostly apparition at midnight.
Synonyms: ,
- anything that appears, especially something remarkable or startling:
the surprising apparition of cowboys in New York City.
- an act of appearing; manifestation.
- Astronomy. the appearance or time when a comet, especially a periodic one, is visible:
the 1986 apparition of Halley's comet.
apparition
/ ˌæəˈɪʃə /
noun
- an appearance, esp of a ghost or ghostlike figure
- the figure so appearing; phantom; spectre
- the act of appearing or being visible
Other 51Թ Forms
- p·tDz· adjective
- ԴDza·貹·tDz· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of apparition1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of apparition1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Roman Catholic Church has long been vigilant when it comes to supernatural apparitions like professed sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping Madonnas or bleeding crucifixes.
That has been the case for the purported apparitions of Mary that turned Fatima, Portugal and Lourdes, France into enormously popular pilgrimage destinations.
Meanwhile, the Japanese edition of Newsweek had a cover drawing of Trump as a bloody, frightening apparition, calling to mind either villain or vampire.
To do so, he elicits help from fellow students, but their presentation is derailed by unlikely apparitions: a conquistador, a small child, Laura Linney.
The Iron Monkey metalworkers are known for the multistory apparitions they conjure every year, haul to Burning Man and set on fire.
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