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noun

(initial capital letter) revelation (def. 4).

any of a class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to a.d. 350 and were assumed to make revelations of the ultimate divine purpose.

a prophetic revelation, especially concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil.

any revelation or prophecy.

any universal or widespread destruction or disaster: the apocalypse of nuclear war.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English < Late Latin apocalypsis < Greek apokálypsis revelation, equivalent to apokalýp(tein) to uncover, reveal (apo- apo- + kalýptein to cover, conceal) + -sis -sis

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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The denouement of the fantasy is that there is no convenient apocalypse.

Properly, the apocalypse is both an end and a new beginning.

When we say zombie novels people expect the zombie apocalypse.

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apocalypse (əˈpɒkəlɪps)

—n
1.	a prophetic disclosure or revelation
2.	an event of great importance, violence, etc, like the events described in the Apocalypse

[C13: from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein to disclose, from apo- + kaluptein to hide]

Apocalypse (əˈpɒkəlɪps)

—n
	Bible (in the Vulgate and Douay versions of the Bible) the Book of Revelation

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Word Origin & History

apocalypse

late 14c., "revelation, disclosure," from Church L. apocalypsis "revelation," from Gk. apokalyptein "uncover," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + kalyptein "to cover, conceal" (see Calypso). The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation

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in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into Eng. as "Apocalypse" c.1230 and "Revelations" by Wyclif c.1380).

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Apocalypse [(uh-pok-uh-lips)]

Another name for the New Testament Book of Revelation; from the Greek word for “revelation.”