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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalypse \A*poc"a*lypse\, n. (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalypse \A*poc"a*lypse\, n. [L. apocalypsis Gr ?, fr ? to
uncover, to disclose; ? from + ? to cover, conceal: cf F.
apocalypse.]
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; a disclosure.
The new apocalypse of Nature. --Carlyle.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
apocalypse
n 1: a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers
of evil
2: revelations of Saint John the Divine in the New Testament
[syn: {Revelation}, {Apocalypse}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Apocalypse
the Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Apocalypse, uncovering, revelation
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