transfiguration
noun
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The Gospels relate that one day Jesus took three disciples up a mountain, where they witnessed his transfiguration into divine form: his face shone like the sun, his garments became brilliantly white, and a voice from heaven proclaimed that this was the son of God. Transfiguration was first used in English as the name of this biblical event, and the Feast of the Transfiguration remains the name of a holy day. So the word has always kept a somewhat religious—and almost always positive—tone. A face may be transfigured by joy, and an "ugly duckling" may be slowly transfigured into a radiant beauty. And as Harry Potter fans know, transfiguration is a subject long taught at the Hogwarts School by Minerva McGonagall.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Her character was the formidable Hogwarts transfiguration teacher, head of Gryffindor house and, later, headmistress, taking over the latter position from Professor Albus Dumbledore.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Here, light, like water, appears to be in a near-constant state of transfiguration between liquid, matter, gas, and air.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
Perhaps there is no problem, or at least no problem not vastly outweighed by the tang of transfiguration.
—Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
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“Transfiguration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfiguration. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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