APPARITION

apparition. apparition, appearance, or strange sight.

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apparition. Apparition, n. an appearance, ghost, vision, view

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Ap′pa‐ri″tion (�), n. [[F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere. See Appear.]] 1. 1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton.
The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott. 2. 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler. 3. 3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. “The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition.” Milton.
I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak. 4. 4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; — opposed to occultation.
Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.