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Definition: Theophany |
TheophanyNoun1. A visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Theophany \The*oph"a*ny\, noun; plural -nies. [expression of Greek origin; God to appear.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Theophany" is a common misspelling or typo for: thespian. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Judeo-Christian Revelation | Noun: revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany, theopneusty. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Theophany |
| English words defined with "theophany": -nies. (references) |
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| "Theophany" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Theophany" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
theophany | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "theophany" (pronounced 'The*oph"a*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-n-o-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: hyponea, phaeton, phonate, phytane. | |
-3 letters: hapten, heathy, hyphae, hyphen, phoney, phyton, python, teapoy, teopan, typhon. | |
-4 letters: atone, atony, atopy, ephah, heath, honey, hyena, hypha, neath, netop, oaten, paeon, panto, panty, paten, peaty, peony, phone, phony, tepoy, thane, toney, tophe, yapon, yenta. | |
-5 letters: aeon, ahoy, ante, atop, eath, epha, etna, haen, haet, hant, hate, hath. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-h-n-o-p-t-y" | |
+2 letters: ethnography, hyphenation, nephropathy. | |
+3 letters: hyphenations, hypnotherapy, hypoxanthine, phanerophyte. | |
+4 letters: anthophyllite, chronotherapy, hypothecating, hypothecation, hypoxanthines, phanerophytes, photosynthate, phytopathogen. | |
+5 letters: anthophyllites, encephalopathy, hypnotherapies, hypnotherapist, hypothecations, phenylthiourea, photosynthates, phthalocyanine, phytopathogens. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 65 6F 70 68 61 6E 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .... . --- .--. .... .- -. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01100101 01101111 01110000 01101000 01100001 01101110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h e o p h a n y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0065 006F 0070 0068 0061 006E 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547471818274678091 |
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