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Webster 1828 Edition
Apocalypse
APOC'ALYPSE
,Noun.
Revelation; discovery; disclosure. The name of a book of the New Testament, containing many discoveries or predictions respecting the future state of Christianity, written by St. John, in Patmos, near the close of the first century.
Definition 2024
Apocalypse
Apocalypse
See also: apocalypse
English
Proper noun
Apocalypse (plural Apocalypses)
- (countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.
- Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.
Translations
See also
- Revelation
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Apocalyptic literature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
apocalypse
apocalypse
See also: Apocalypse
English
Noun
apocalypse (plural apocalypses)
- A revelation. [from 14th c.]
- The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
- (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
- A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 699:
- The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 699:
Synonyms
- armageddon
- doomsday
- judgement day
- nuclear holocaust
- Ragnarok (Ragnarök)
- Final Judgment
- end times
- eschaton
Derived terms
Translations
revealing or revelation
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end of the world
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cataclysmic event
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