Incarnation | Mean of incarnation in English Dictionary

/ˌɪnkɑɚˈneɪʃən/

• Noun
• one of a series of lives that a person is believed to have had in the past in some religions
1. He claims that he was a Greek soldier in a previous incarnation. [=in a previous life; when he lived in the past as a different person]
2. In an earlier incarnation [=an earlier phase of her life] she was a rock musician.
3. The TV and movie incarnations [=versions] of the story differ significantly.
4. The software's latest incarnation [=version] includes many new features.
• a person who represents a quality or idea
1. She is the incarnation [=embodiment] of goodness. [=she is a very good person]
• the belief in Jesus Christ as both God and a human being
1. the doctrine of the Incarnation