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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apparition/apəˈrɪʃn/
noun a remarkable thing making a sudden appearance.

■ a ghost.

– derivatives
apparitional adjective.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘the action of appearing’): from L. apparitio(n-), from apparere (see appear).



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