Thesaurus: revelation

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1. n. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
2. n. That which is revealed.
3. n. The act of revealing divine truth.
4. n. That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
5. n. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.
6. n. the speech act of making something evident
7. n. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
8. n. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
9. 1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. 3. (Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. Eph. iii. 3. 4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.
10. n:100 n. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure n. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency n. 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