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- noun Plural form of
apparition .
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Examples
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I am half a believer in apparitions & would purchase conviction at the expence of a tolerable fright.
Letter 165 1798
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The problem with your everyday religious apparitions is that, well for the fainthearted at least, they’re a bit rubbish.
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She walks a fine line, not exactly endorsing the notion of apparitions but not throwing cold water on them, either.
Landmarks Haunted by Debt Consult the Spirit World for Help Lucette Lagnado 2011
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Now the first two or three times I saw this weird and fantastic ceremony, I thought the apparitions were the result of mere trickery.
Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Fitzgerald, F Scott 1899
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I thought the apparitions were the result of mere trickery.
The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont Louis de Rougemont 1884
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They are called apparitions, because they were never visible by day, only at ten at night; for the one is busied in describing great deeds, and the other in commenting on
Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807
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That meaning what it is: the supernaturality of the so-called apparitions and revelations has not been proven.
Te Deum laudamus! OCDS Diane M. Korzeniewski 2010
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Still not sure if this Dark Jacob was the Walt "apparitions" we saw, or if that was actually Walt projecting somehow.
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And so, in thinking about the historical basis of the resurrection stories, about the empty tomb and the 'apparitions', I would say, look for the way the story is told and begin to see how much of a shock it actually was – and, of course, still is.
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And so, in thinking about the historical basis of the resurrection stories, about the empty tomb and the 'apparitions', I would say, look for the way the story is told and begin to see how much of a shock it actually was – and, of course, still is.
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