Trans-fig'ü-rā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. transfiguration, Sp. transfiguracion, trasfiguracion, It. transfigurazione, trasfigurazione, Pr. & Lat. transfiguratio.]

1. A change of form; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.
2. A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.