noun

hierophany

hi·e·ro·pha·ny

hierophany · hierophanies

ієрофанія

иерофания

Hierophanie

A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for…A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.

/ˌhaɪ.əˈɹɒ.fə.ni/

Meaning

1 senses

A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
Hierophanie
иерофа́нияijerofánija
ієрофаніяijerofanija

Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

physical manifestation of the sacred:

Русский

By meaning 1

physical manifestation of the sacred:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

physical manifestation of the sacred:

Origin

Borrowed from French hiérophanie, as used by Romanian religious historian and philosopher

Borrowed from French hiérophanie, as used by Romanian religious historian and philosopher Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) in his book The Sacred and the Profane (1959; translated into English from an unpublished French original), from Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy sign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “show, appear”).

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