e·piph·a·ny
[ih-pif-uh-nee]

–noun, plural -nies.
1.( initial capital letter ) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.

2.an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity.

3.a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

4.a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.