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revelation

[rev-uh-ley-shuhn]

noun

  1. the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.

    The revelation of previously hidden facts about the group’s activities changed the situation completely.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, such as of something not before realized.

    Her memoir contained several fascinating revelations about her love life.

  3. Theology.

    1. God's disclosure of Himself and His will to His creatures.

    2. an instance of such communication or disclosure.

    3. something thus communicated or disclosed.

    4. something that contains such disclosure, as the Bible.

  4. Also called The Revelation of St. John the Divine.Revelation. the last book in the New Testament; the Apocalypse. Rev.



revelation

1

/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /

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

    1. God's disclosure of his own nature and his purpose for mankind, esp through the words of human intermediaries

    2. something in which such a divine disclosure is contained, such as the Bible

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Revelation

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/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • revelational adjective
  • nonrevelation noun
  • prerevelation noun
  • unrevelational adjective
  • ˌ𱹱ˈپDzԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of revelation1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English revelacion, revelacioun, from Anglo-French revelaciun, revelacioun, revelatiun, from Middle French revelacion, revelation, from Late Latin ŧپō- (stem of ŧپō ), equivalent to Latin ŧ(ٳܲ) , past participle of ŧ “to remove the cover from, unveil, lift the lid of, uncover” + -پō- verbal noun suffix dentoting the action of the verb; reveal, -tion; apocalypse ( def. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of revelation1

C14: from Church Latin ŧپō from Latin ŧ to reveal
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For Wilson, the album was a revelation, challenging him to rethink the possibility of a record album as an artistic statement.

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One of the first revelations was that Bishnoi's relationship with Moose Wala went back several years, long before the singer's killing.

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Billy Joel’s life is awash in revelations these days — some bad, some worse.

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The young man danced-walked up to another Black person several feet away from me and shared his personal revelation again.

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These artists know that flamboyance needn’t preclude subtlety, and that stardom neither guarantees nor bars revelation.

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