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Noun: incarnation  ,in,kaa(r)'ney-shun
  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
Noun: Incarnation
  1. (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

Derived forms: incarnations

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

Encyclopedia: Incarnation