Both Uses of
apparition
in
Catch-22
- It was not jamais vu, since the apparition was not of someone, or something, familiar appearing to him in an unfamiliar guise.†
Chpt 20 *
- The chaplain felt most deceitful presiding at funerals, and it would not have astonished him to learn that the apparition in the tree that day was a manifestation of the Almighty's censure for the blasphemy and pride inherent in his function.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(apparition as in: a headless apparition) a ghostlike figure or its appearance