Definition of Incarnetion
Incarnation, the humanisation of the Divine in the person of Christ,
a doctrine vehemently opposed in the early times of the Church by both
Jews and Gnostics, by the former as inconsistent with the greatness of
God, and by the latter as inconsistent with the inbred depravity of man.
- Wikipedia
In`car*na"tion (?), n. [F.
incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the
state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in,
a human body and nature.
2. (Theol.) The union of the second
person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
3. An incarnate form; a personification; a
manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking
exemplification in person or act.
She is a new incarnation of some of the
illustrious dead. Jeffrey.
The very incarnation of
selfishness. F. W. Robertson.
4. A rosy or red color; flesh color;
carnation. [Obs.]
5. (Med.) The process of healing
wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- an incarnate being or form
- a living being embodying a deity or spirit
- assumption of human form or nature
- (Theology) the Incarnation the doctrine that the second person of Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is completely both God and man.
- a person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like: The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
- the act of incarnating
- state of being incarnated
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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