About The Word Apocalypse
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Apocalypse
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What's The Definition Of Apocalypse?
[n] the revelations of Saint John the Divine in the New Testament
[n] a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil Synonyms | Synonyms for Apocalypse: Book of Revelations | Revelation Related Terms | Find terms related to Apocalypse: actuarial prediction | afflatus | baring | direct communication | disclosing | disclosure | discovering | discovery | divine inspiration | divine revelation | envisioning | epiphany | expose | exposition | exposure | foreboding | forecast | forecasting | foreshowing | foresight | foretelling | guesswork | improbability | inspiration | laying bare | manifestation | mystical experience | mysticism | omen | oracle | patefaction | precognition | prediction | prefiguration | prefigurement | prefiguring | presage | presaging | presentiment | preshowing | presignifying | prevision | probability | prognosis | prognostication | promise | prophecy | prophesying | prospectus | removing the veil | revealing | revealment | revelation | showing up | showup | soothsay | speculation | statistical prediction | stripping | theophania | theophany | theopneustia | theopneusty | uncloaking | uncovering | unfolding | unfoldment | unmasking | unveiling | unwrapping | vaticination | vision See Also | book | calamity | cataclysm | catastrophe | disaster | New Testament | tragedy Apocalypse In Webster's Dictionary \A*poc"a*lypse\, n. [L. apocalypsis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
uncover, to disclose; ? from + ? to cover, conceal: cf. F.
apocalypse.]
1. The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of
Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the
last book of the New Testament.
2. Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
The new apocalypse of Nature. --Carlyle.
\A*poc"a*lypse\, n. (Eccl.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future. |
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