Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Transfiguration has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
(Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
(New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus
a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
"the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting"
the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify
A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
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.