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Meaning of revelation in English
Pronunciation
/ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
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Noun
revelation
Etymology
Middle English (in the theological sense): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio(n-), from revelare‘lay bare’ (see reveal). Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th century
Definitions
1.
the speech act of making something evident
2.
an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
3.
communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
4.
the last book of the New Testament
Examples
« 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 »