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| 1. | the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure. |
| 2. | something revealed or disclosed, esp. a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized. |
| 3. | Theology.
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| 4. | (initial capital letter) Also called Revelations, The Revelation of St. John the Divine. the last book in the New Testament; the Apocalypse. Abbreviation: Rev. |
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[Middle English revelacion, from Old French revelation, from Latin revēlātiō, revēlātiōn-, from revēlātus, past participle of revēlāre, to reveal; see reveal1.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
revelation
c.1303, "disclosure of information to man by a divine or supernatural agency," from O.Fr. revelacion, from L. revelationem (nom. revelatio), from revelatus, pp. of revelare (see reveal). General meaning "disclosure of facts" is attested from c.1375; meaning "striking disclosure" is from 1862. As the name of the last book of the New Testament (Revelation of St. John), it is first attested c.1400 (see apocalypse); as simply Revelations, it is first recorded 1691.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | the speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure] |
| 2. | an enlightening or astonishing disclosure |
| 3. | communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency |
| 4. | the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
revelation1 [revəˈleiʃən] noun
the act of revealing secrets, information etc
Example: the revelation of the true facts
revelation2 [revəˈleiʃən] nounExample: the revelation of the true facts
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something made known
Example: amazing revelations
Example: amazing revelations
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Revelation
Rev`e*la"tion\, n. [F. r['e]v['e]lation, L. revelatio. See Reveal.]1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. 3. (Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. --Eph. iii. 3. 4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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