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noun Etymology: Middle English, revelation, Revelation, from Anglo-French apocalipse, from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalypsis, from apokalyptein to uncover, from apo- + kalyptein to cover — more at hell Date: 13th century 1. a. one of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 B.C. to A.D. 150 marked by pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom b. capitalized revelation 3 2. a. something viewed as a prophetic revelation b. Armageddon 3. a great disaster an environmental ~ APOCALYPSE noun see revelation ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 (the Apocalypse) Revelation, the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation to St John. 2 a revelation, esp. of the end of the world. 3 a grand or violent event resembling those described in the Apocalypse. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. Gk apokalupsis f. apokalupto uncover, reveal ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. откровение; пророческое предвидение 2. библ. Апокалипсис, откровение Иоанна Богослова 3. цепь трагических событий, катаклизм; гибель мира, всего живущего ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 the apocalypse the destruction and end of the world 2 a dangerous, frightening, and very serious situation causing death, harm, or destruction (3000 died in the apocalypse of the earthquake.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1384, from Gk. apokalyptein "uncover," from apo- "from" + kalyptein "to cover, conceal," from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal, save." The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into Eng. as "Revelations" by Wyclif c.1380), which extended this word to that meaning. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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