~ EPIPHANY    id+ | SEE THE LIGHT or ENLIGHTEN |
              as in
  id+ | AN INSPIRATION or
        REALIZATION or
        INSIGHT | from
  gr EPI      = for OVER or AMONG
     PHAINEIN   for TO SHOW
  med> for EPI note sug> EPIDEMIC
                         EPIDEMIOLOY
                         EPIDERMIS
       for PHANEIN  sug> PHENOMENON
                         PHENOTYPE
  note> EPIPHAY acquired a reduced meaning to
        refer mostly refer to
  APPARITION OF A GOD or THEOPHANY
  hx> EPIPHANY IS A CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL ON THE
      6th OF JANUARY or 12 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS
  TO COMMEMORATE JESUS CHRIST
  SHOWING HIMSELF TO THE GENTILES
  later CHURCH FATHERS UPSET BY THE
        POPULARITY OF THE RIVAL RELIGION
  DEIFYING MITHRA WHOSE BIRTHDAY WAS
  DECEMBER 25TH NAMED THIS DAY AS ALSO
  BEING THE NATIVITY DAY OF CHRIST
  see> CHRISTMAS and see> SATURNALIA

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