home Paul Paper epiphany e⋅piph⋅a⋅ny [i-pif-uh-nee] –noun 1. (initial capital letter) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day. 2. an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity. 3. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. 4. a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.  e a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z epiphany ephemeral eventuality error exhausted equilibrium extension