Definition of "hierophanies"

For example, the symbolism of the moon implies a system of hierophanies which cluster about the moon.

1991, Robert D. Baird, Category Formation and the History of Religions, page 75

The major themes in Eliade’s thought are symbol, myth, and ritual1, hierophanies, the sacred and the profane, the coincidentia oppositorum, the repetition of archetypal structures2, illud tempus, and homo religiosus.

1994, Subrata Kumar Chakrabarti, “1: Hierophany”, in Offshore Structure Modeling, page 7