epiphanal
epiphanal adjective: having the character of an epiphany.
Adjective
epiphanal (comparative more epiphanal, superlative most epiphanal)
- Having the character of an epiphany.
- Some of us, who annunciated this great poet when his epiphanal accents crashed out in Chicago, now look up from the useless pages of Smoke and Steel with a gasp of astonished grief.1921, Carl Sandburg, “Sandburg: A Psychiatric Curiosity”, in The Dial, volume 70, page 80
- But when there is no meeting of the Face of God in Christ alive in the liturgy, and when it is a stiff brocade that shrouds and veils without an epiphanal unveiling to the eye of faith, then we are in real danger of missing our kairos, the plenitude and fullness of our own age.1958, Hans Ansgar Reinhold, The American Parish and the Roman Liturgy: An Essay in Seven Chapters, page 125
- Synonyms:
- epiphanic
Synonyms of epiphanal
Forms of epiphanal
| comparative | more epiphanal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most epiphanal |
Origin of epiphanal
From epiphany + -al.
Words formed from epiphanal
Questions about epiphanal
- What does epiphanal mean?
- Epiphanal means having the character of an epiphany.
- What part of speech is epiphanal?
- Epiphanal is an adjective.
Words near epiphanal in the dictionary
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