transfiguration

noun

1. A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.

2. A change that exalts or glorifies.

3. Superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.

4. (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesustime

   Similar: Transfiguration Day, August 6

5. (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus

   Similar: Transfiguration of Jesus

6. A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

   “the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting”

   Similar: metamorphosis

7. The act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify