Both Uses of
apparition
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- I felt as if I were face to face with Satan; and, in the presence of this unearthly apparition, my heart gave way, my courage failed me ...and I remember nothing more until I recovered consciousness at the Setting Sun.†
Chpt 5 *apparition = a ghostlike figure or its appearance
- [3] Like the Persian, I can give no further explanation touching the apparition of this shade†
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(apparition as in: a headless apparition) a ghostlike figure or its appearance
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, apparition can refer to any strange, other-worldly, thing or its appearance. Even more rarely, apparition can by a synonym for appearance. The Harry Potter series uses the word both ways.