be incarnate
Example Sentences
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It is held to be incarnate in each climate, culture and race.
From Time Magazine Archive
And after the same manner the Nature is also said to be incarnate, not that it is changed to flesh, but that it assumed the nature of flesh.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
This was the name of a village god, and was supposed to be incarnate in the cockle.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
Other spirits, called ataro, might be incarnate in almost any animal.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot
With these explanations and cautions I will now adduce some examples of gods who have been believed by their worshippers to be incarnate in living human beings, whether men or women.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
