Revelation
[revə'leɪʃ(ə)n] or ['rɛvə'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure.
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency.
Checked by Emil--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
(n.) That which is revealed.
(n.) The act of revealing divine truth.
(n.) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
(n.) Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.
Typist: Wolfgang
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Discovery, disclosure.[2]. Divine communication of truth.[3]. The Apocalypse.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Discovery, disclosure, {divine_communication}, apocalypse
ANT:Concealing, veiling, shrouding, keeping_back
Checked by Jacques
Definition
n. the act of revealing: that which is revealed: the revealing divine truth: that which is revealed by God to man: the Apocalypse or last book of the New Testament.—adj. Revelā′tional.—n. Revelā′tionist.—adj. Rev′elātory.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a revelation, if it be of a pleasant nature, you may expect a bright outlook, either in business or love; but if the revelation be gloomy you will have many discouraging features to overcome.
Typist: Maxine
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators who know nothing.
Checker: Olivier
Examples
- Ursula nestled near him, into his constant warmth, and watched the pale-lit revelation racing ahead, the visible night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I cannot say with truth that the terrible inference which those words suggested flashed upon me like a new revelation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was well for me that the Count's revelation roused Sir Percival's anger as it did. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But she meant to point out to him that the revelation might do Fred Vincy a great deal of good. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And Gudrun could see he was making some slow confidence to Ursula, unwilling, a slow, grudging, scanty self-revelation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a marvellous sight: a mighty revelation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Another episode of this period is curious in its revelation of the tenacity with which Edison has always held to some of his oldest possessions with a sense of personal attachment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- According to him there are two sources of knowledge, reason and revelation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For the evening reading before prayers, he selected the twenty-first chapter of Revelation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Others held that the investigation of truth was no longer necessary after mankind had recei ved the revelation of the gospel. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Unable to explain the nature or cause of this wonderful revelation, Roentgen gave to the light an algebraic name for the unknown--the X rays. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Madame bore this revelation and visitation so well, so stoically, that I for very shame could not support it otherwise than with composure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This punching of the cold metal without cutting, boring, drilling, hammering, or otherwise shaping the metal, was indeed a revelation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The revelation of this suddenly-established intimacy effectually chilled his desire to see her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But when I announced that we had cut our way in and could cut our way out just as well, it seemed a new revelation to officers and soldiers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And are your revelations startling? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They exchanged confidences, they were intimate in their revelations to the last degree, giving each other at last every secret. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To the microscope the art of photography has lent its valuable aid, so that all the revelations of the microscope are susceptible of preservation in permanent records, as photomicrographs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was quick enough to observe; he had a good memory, and did not forget a word of the brother's revelations. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then in 1874-1875, Bell took up the matter, and at the Philadelphia exhibition, 1876, astonished the world by the revelations of the telephone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He knew everything and a great deal besides, about all the world--in a word, he made the most astounding revelations to the simple-hearted Major. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No, I cannot give up Revelations. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was rather delicious, to feel her drawing his self-revelations from him, as from the very innermost dark marrow of his body. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He became aware that Mr. Jackson was clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Hers was the only church against which no threats were implied in the Revelations, and the only one which survived. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have discovered that the sixth seal mentioned in the Revelations is the Great Seal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I read the book o' Revelations until I know it off by heart, and I never doubt when I'm waking, and in my senses, of all the glory I'm to come to. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typist: Lycurgus