Word
incarnation
Phoneticsin·car·na·tion
US/ˌɪnˈkɑɹˈneɪʃən/
UK/ɪnkɑːnˈeɪʃən/
Definitions
04Christian doctrine
n. the Christian belief that God became human in the person of Jesus Christ.
n. the Christian doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ.
“The priest gave a long sermon about the meaning of the Incarnation.”
“Theological debates regarding the nature of the Incarnation dominated the early councils of the Christian Church.”
Formal
05healing of a wound
n. the process of a wound healing and growing new, healthy skin.
n. the process of granulation or the formation of new flesh during the healing of a wound.
“The old medical book described the incarnation of the wound over several weeks.”
“The surgeon observed the slow incarnation of the tissue, noting that the new flesh was healthy and free of infection.”
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“A student of music history, he knows that longevity requires evolution - and this new batch of country songs could even signpost The Killers' next incarnation.” “Nothing can kill it; not the dryness of the original, the violence that ended the Clarkson era, or the horrifying crash that brought its most recent incarnation to a halt .” Word family
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