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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil;

2. 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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is revealed. [1913 Webster] 3. (Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. [1913 Webster] By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. --Eph. iii. 3. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Apocalypse \A*poc"a*lypse\, n. [L. apocalypsis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to uncover, to disclose; ? from + ? to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse.] 1. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Specifically, 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 (called Revelation or the Apocalypse). [1913 Webster] 3. Anything viewed as a revelation, especially one that is highly significant for the person receiving it; a disclosure. Often used of a realization or revelation that changes a person's goals or style of life. [1913 Webster +PJC] The new apocalypse of Nature. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 4. the final battle between good and evil, as foreseen in Saint John's Apocalypse; the time when God conquers the powers of evil, attended by cataclysmic cosmic events, and sometimes thought of as the end of the world; an Armageddon. [PJC] Apocalyptic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

apocalypse n 1: a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil 2: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

72 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Apocalypse the Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Apocalypse, uncovering, revelation