Transfiguration

Transfiguration
    n 1: (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of
         the Transfiguration of Jesus [syn: {Transfiguration},
         {Transfiguration Day}, {August 6}]
    2: (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the
       person of Jesus [syn: {Transfiguration}, {Transfiguration of
       Jesus}]
    3: a striking change in appearance or character or
       circumstances; "the metamorphosis of the old house into
       something new and exciting" [syn: {transfiguration},
       {metamorphosis}]
    4: the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify
    

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "transfiguration":
      avatar, catabolism, catalysis, consubstantiation, displacement,
      heterotopia, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis,
      metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form,
      mutation, permutation, reincarnation, sport, transanimation,
      transfigurement, transformation, transformism, translation,
      translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation,
      transposition, transubstantiation