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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Theophany \The*oph"a*ny\, n.; pl. -nies. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to
   appear.]
   A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually
   as an incarnation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

theophany
    n 1: a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a
         deity to a human person