epiphanal

English

Etymology

epiphany +‎ -al

Adjective

epiphanal (comparative more epiphanal, superlative most epiphanal)

1. Having the character of a epiphany.
   • 1921, Carl Sandburg, “Sandburg: A Psychiatric Curiosity”, in The Dial‎^[1], volume 70, page 80:

     Some of us, who annunciated this great poet when his epiphanal accents crashed out in Chicago, now look up from the useless pages of Smoke and Steel with a gasp of astonished grief.

   • 1958, Hans Ansgar Reinhold, The American Parish and the Roman Liturgy: An Essay in Seven Chapters, page 125:

     But when there is no meeting of the Face of God in Christ alive in the liturgy, and when it is a stiff brocade that shrouds and veils without an epiphanal unveiling to the eye of faith, then we are in real danger of missing our kairos, the plenitude and fullness of our own age.

   • 2010, Christian Smith, Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central America Peace Movement‎^[2]:

     Recognizing the frequency of these "epiphanal turning points" and "crises of dedication" in the autobiographies of Central America peace movement leaders raises intriguing questions.

Synonyms

• epiphanic

Derived terms

• epiphanally