apparitions
noun
Meaning
- An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
- The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
- An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
- The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
- A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
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