Thesaurus: apocalypse
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.
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- n. 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.
- n. Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
- n. a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
- 1. 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. 2. Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.
- Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to theRevelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a propheticrevelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev.xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.
- n:100 n. a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil