revelational









revelational


noun

  1. the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
  2. something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized.
  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. (initial capital letter) Also called Revelations, The Revelation of St. John the Divine. the last book in the New Testament; the Apocalypse. Abbreviation: Rev.

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

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
n.

c.1300, “disclosure of information to man by a divine or supernatural agency,” from Old French revelacion and directly from Latin revelationem (nominative revelatio), noun of action from past participle stem of revelare “unveil, uncover, lay bare” (see reveal). General meaning “disclosure of facts” is attested from late 14c.; 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 late 14c. (see apocalypse); as simply Revelations, it is first recorded 1690s.

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