Definitions For Hierophany

Noun

HIEROPHANY (plural HIEROPHANYs) (religion) A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.

Derived terms

hierophanic hierophanical hierophanically hierophant

Related terms

epiphany theophany

Translations

Bulgarian: йерофания Catalan: hierofania Czech: hierofanie, f Esperanto: hierofanio French: hiérophanie, f Galician: hierofanía, f German: Hierophanie Hungarian: hierofánia Italian: ierofania, f Lithuanian: hierofanija Norwegian: hierofani Polish: hierofania Portuguese: hierofania, f Romanian: hierofanie Russian: иерофа́ния Sicilian: jerufanìa, f Slovak: hierofánia Spanish: hierofanía Swedish: hierofani Ukrainian: ієрофанія

Etymology

"sacred, holy sign" + φαίνω, , show, appear.

Is Hierophany a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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21
Words with Friends
20

The word Hierophany is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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