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incarnation

Syllabification: (in·car·na·tion)

Pronunciation: /ˌinkärˈnāSHən/

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Definition of incarnation

noun

1a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality:Rama was Vishnu’s incarnation on earth
(the Incarnation) (in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ.

2(with reference to reincarnation) one of a series of lifetimes that a person spends on earth:in my next incarnation, I’d like to be the Secretary of Fun
the form in which a person spends an incarnation.

Origin:

Middle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare (see incarnate)

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