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101Revelation — noun A book of the New Testament of the Bible, . Syn: Apocalypse, Apocalypse of John, Book of Revelation, Revelation of St. John the Divine, Revelation to John See Also: Rev …
102Revelation, book of (the Revelation to John) — Also known as the Apocalypse [[➝ apocalypse]] (Greek = ‘revelation’), a similar kind of writing to the OT book of Daniel. From early in the 2nd cent. it was ascribed to John the Apostle, thought also to be the author of the fourth gospel, but… …
103revelation — noun 1》 a surprising disclosure. ↘the revealing of something previously unknown. ↘a surprising or remarkable thing. 2》 a divine or supernatural disclosure to humans. ↘(Revelation or informal Revelations) (in full the Revelation of St… …
104Revelation of Saint John the Divine — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Revelation, ↑Apocalypse, ↑Book of Revelation •… …
105revelation — noun Etymology: Middle English revelacioun, from Anglo French, from Late Latin revelation , revelatio, from Latin revelare to reveal Date: 14th century 1. a. an act of revealing or communicating divine truth b. something that is revealed by God… …
106Revelation (Star Wars novel) — Infobox SW Books name = Revelation orig title = translator = author = Karen Traviss cover artist = Jason Felix editor = country = U.S. language = English era = Legacy of the Force series = Legacy of the Force galactic year = 40 ABY canon = C… …
107Revelation (short story) — Infobox short story | name = Revelation title orig = translator = author = Flannery O Connor country = United States language = English series = genre = Southern Gothic published in = Everything That Rises Must Converge publication type = single… …
108Revelation (C. J. Sansom novel) — Infobox Book name = Revelation title orig = translator = image caption = First edition image author = C. J. Sansom cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Matthew Shardlake series subject = Crime genre = Crime novel… …
109revelation — rev|e|la|tion [ ,revə leıʃn ] noun 1. ) count a surprising piece of information: Recent revelations about his private life have dented his popularity. 2. ) singular a surprising and enjoyable experience that makes you realize something that you… …
110revelation — noun 1 (C) a surprising fact about someone or something that is made known and was previously secret: revelations in the papers about a government scandal 2 be a revelation informal to be surprisingly good, enjoyable, or useful: Alice Walker s… …
