Incarnation

  1. Proper noun.  (Christianity) The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.
  2. Noun.  An incarnate being or form.
  3. Noun.  A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
  4. Noun.  An assumption of human form or nature.
  5. Noun.  A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
  6. Noun.  The act of incarnating.
  7. Noun.  The state of being incarnated.

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