apparition
noun/ˌæpəˈrɪʃn/
/ˌæpəˈrɪʃn/
- a ghost or a ghost-like image of a person who is dead
- Apparitions of a woman in white robes have been reported.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of appearing’): from Latin apparitio(n-) ‘attendance’, from the verb apparere, from ad- ‘towards’ + parere ‘come into view’.Definitions on the go
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