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   incarnation

   /ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality: "Rama was Vishnu's incarnation on earth" Similar embodimentpersonificationexemplificationtypeepitomemanifestationbodily formrepresentation in the fleshrare:avatar
   • ▪ (in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ.
   • 2. (with reference to reincarnation) each of a series of earthly lifetimes: "in my next incarnation, I'd like to be the Minister of Fun" Similar lifetimelifeexistence
   • ▪ the form taken by a person or thing during an incarnation: "in a previous journalistic incarnation, I worked at Westminster"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare (see incarnate).

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