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1. A new personification of a familiar idea
   "the incarnation of evil"
   - embodiment, avatar
    
2. Time passed in a particular bodily form
   "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"
    
3. The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
   - personification

1. (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

Derived forms: incarnations

See also: incarnate

Type of: church doctrine, creed, embodiment, gospel, personification, religious doctrine, time

Encyclopedia: Incarnation