n.
- a surprising disclosure.
▸the revealing of something previously unknown.
▸a surprising or remarkable thing.
- a divine or supernatural disclosure to humans.
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(Revelation or informal Revelations)
(in full the Revelation of St John the Divine)
the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from late L. revelatio(n-), from revelare (see reveal1).
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