Some Joyce Vocabulary

epiphany 1. the manifestation of a divine being

2. a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence

manifestation 1. an act of showing or demonstrating something

2. the state or condition of being shown or perceptible

3. an indication that something is present, real, or exists

4. a supposed appearance in visible form by a spiritual being

vulgarity a crude or tasteless joke, remark, or act

evanescent vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor

radiant emmitting light, heat, or other energy

invocation a calling upon a greater power such as God or a spirit for help

Holy Ghost in Christianity, the third ‘person’ of the Trinity, understood as the spiritual force of God

host the bread or wafer consecrated and eaten during the Christian ceremony of Communion

consecrate to sanctify the bread and wine for use in the Communion service, as symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ

eucharist Holy Connumion

apocalypse 1. the total destruction or devastation of something, or an instance of this

2. a revelation made concerning the future.