incarnation

incarnation

Pronunciation: ⁄ɪnkɑːˈneɪʃ(ə)n⁄

noun

·              1a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality:

Rama was Vishnu’s incarnation on earthBeethoven was an incarnation of artistic genius

·    (the Incarnation) (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

·    the form taken by a person or thing during an incarnation:

in a previous journalistic incarnation, I worked at Westminsterthe pub has gone through several incarnations