be incarnate

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It is held to be incarnate in each climate, culture and race.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gods are held to be incarnate in animals and trees, but there are also great gods divorced to some extent from phenomena.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

This kind of teaching requires that the truth being taught be incarnate in the relationship between men, which was what God did in Christ.

From Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Howe, Reuel L.

Another god called Turanga, who was worshipped at Aumoana, was also supposed to be incarnate in white and black spotted lizards.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

For generations the Verplancks have been what people expected them to be, incarnate formulas of etiquette and timid living.

From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett