[uh-pok-uh-lips] 
| 1. | (initial capital letter ) revelation (def. 4). |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | a prophetic revelation, esp. concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil. |
| 4. | any revelation or prophecy. |
| 5. | any universal or widespread destruction or disaster: the apocalypse of nuclear war. |
| a·poc·a·lypse (ə-pŏk'ə-lĭps') n.
[Middle English Apocalipse, from Late Latin Apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, revelation, Apocalypse, from apokaluptein, to uncover : apo-, apo- + kaluptein, to cover; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
Apocalypse
the Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).