incarnation

«incarnation» in Mova's school dictionary: the Christian belief that God the Son became a human… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an incarnation, incarnations; the Incarnation)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) The Incarnation is the Christian belief that God the Son became a human being, Jesus, born of Mary. tree →

2) A person or thing that shows a quality perfectly: «She is the incarnation of kindness.» tree →

3) One of the lives or forms of someone or something: «in a past incarnation», «the latest incarnation of the phone». tree →

4) (Hindu belief) A form in which a god appears on earth, such as Krishna as an incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religion lessons, Christmas celebrates the Incarnation: Christians believe «the Word became flesh». In Hinduism avatars are incarnations of gods. In everyday speech «a past incarnation» jokes about someone's earlier job or life. Phrases: «the Incarnation», «the incarnation of evil», «in a former incarnation».

examples

• At Christmas Christians celebrate the Incarnation. tree →
• Christians believe Jesus is God's incarnation as a man. tree →
• Hindus see Krishna as an incarnation of Vishnu. tree →
• The villain was the incarnation of evil. tree →
• In a past incarnation, our teacher was a chef. tree →
• This is the newest incarnation of the game. tree →
• No wonder Brer Rabbit is so 'cute: he is nothing less than an incarnation of Buddha. tree →

note

Capital I for the Christian belief. Adjective: incarnate («the devil incarnate», «God incarnate»). From Latin «in carne», in the flesh. Related: reincarnation (being born again in a new body).

In the corpora

• The Incarnation is the Christian belief that God the Son became a real human being in Jesus.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incarnation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.