noun

• A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
• A change that exalts or glorifies.
• superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.
• (Christianity) An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.
• (Christianity) The miracle itself.