transverberation
- noun
- /ˌtrænsvərˈbɛreɪʃən/
- Archaic
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transverberación
- In her autobiography, Saint Teresa recounts a moment of transverberation that left her heart feeling both painfully pierced and filled with love.
Examples
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Saint Teresa's aspect as a writer, however, receives far greater emphasis in Romanelli's painting than in other versions of the transverberation. 79. MCSRC, "Relatione," 7-9. 80.
Academic text (1994) -
Themes of the transverberation and Teresa as a writer, two of the most popular representations of the saint, are combined.
Academic text (1994) -
The theme of Saint Teresa's writing appears in only a few of the representations of the transverberation prior to 1650 listed in I. Lavin's catalogue.
Academic text (1994) -
Many saints, including Saint Teresa, describe their experiences of transverberation as a profound encounter with divine love.
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The poet wrote about his own transverberation, capturing the moment he felt an overwhelming sense of divine presence.
Synonyms
A strong spiritual feeling of direct contact with a god
A complete stillness from shock, fear and amazement or the act of piercing something through
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
transverberation = verberation (semi-transparent) = trans + verberate + ion
The form is transparently trans- + verberation, but the mystical/religious sense ('pierced by divine love') is a specialized figurative extension not obvious to an average learner.
Etymology
Transverberation comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and verberare 'to strike'. Think of being 'struck through' the heart by a powerful feeling, which is why the word describes a mystical piercing by divine love.