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Revelation

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Noun

1. disclosure, revealing, revelation

the speech act of making something evident

2. revelation

an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

3. divine revelation, revelation

communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency

4. apocalypse, book of revelation, revelation, revelation of saint john the divine

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 Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Revelation

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noun
1. 
the act or process of disclosing something previously secret or obscure, esp something true
2. 
a fact disclosed or revealed, esp in a dramatic or surprising way
3. Christianity
a. 
God's disclosure of his own nature and his purpose for mankind, esp through the words of human intermediaries
b. 
something in which such a divine disclosure is contained, such as the Bible
noun
Also called: the Apocalypse, the Revelation of Saint John the Divine (popularly, often plural)
the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world

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Revelation

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noun
1. 
a revealing, or disclosing, of something
2. 
something disclosed; disclosure; esp., a striking disclosure, as of something not previously known or realized
3.  Theology
a. 
communication, by a divinity or by divine agency, of divine truth or knowledge; specif., God's manifestation of the divinity or of the divine will to humanity
b. 
an instance of this
c. 
that which is so communicated, disclosed, or manifested
d. 
something, as a writing or event, containing or showing such a communication, disclosure, or manifestation
4.  [R-]
the last book of the New Testament, ascribed to John (in full The Revelation of Saint John the Divine); Apocalypse
, abbrev. Rev or Rv: also Revelations

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Revelation

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n.
1.
a. The act of revealing or disclosing.
b. Something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized.
c. A sudden insight or idea: "I'd had the idea to dig up Dad's coffin ... I was lying in bed and I had the revelation, like a simple solution to an impossible problem" (Jonathan Safran Foer).
2. Theology A manifestation of divine will or truth.
3. Revelation See Table at Bible.

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