theophany

From Late Latin theophania, corresponding to theo- +‎ -phany, from θεός (theós, “God”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /θiːˈɒfəni/

theophany (plural theophanies)

1. A manifestation of a deity to a person.

   Coordinate term: apparition

   • 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 47:

     It was a bewildering theophany, since it was impossible to make out anything clearly in the stormy obscurity of thunder, lightning, smoke and wind.