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Book of Revelation
(gcide) | Revelation \Rev`e*la"tion\, n. [F. r['e]v['e]lation, L.
revelatio. See Reveal.]
1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others
what was before unknown to them.
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2. That which is revealed.
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3. (Theol.)
(a) The act of revealing divine truth.
(b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
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By revelation he made known unto me the mystery,
as I wrote afore in few words. --Eph. iii. 3.
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4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon,
containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse or
Book of Revelation or The Revelation of Saint John.
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book of revelation
(wn) | Book of Revelation
n 1: 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, {Revelation of Saint John
the Divine}, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation] |
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book of revelation
(wn) | Book of Revelation
n 1: 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, {Revelation of Saint John
the Divine}, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation] |
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