hierophany

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From + φαίνω. Possibly coined 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and philosopher Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) in his book The Sacred and the Profane (1959; translated into English from an unpublished French original).

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