APOCALYPSE

Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation

(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

apocalypse

(noun) a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Apocalypse (plural Apocalypses)

(countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

(Christianity) Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates the end of times)

Etymology

Noun

apocalypse (plural apocalypses)

A revelation. [from 14th c.]

(Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]

(Christianity) The Book of Revelation.

A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• armageddon

• doomsday

• Ragnarok (Ragnarök)

• end times

• eschaton

Hyponyms

• nuclear holocaust

• Final Judgment

• judgement day

Source: Wiktionary

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A*poc"a*lypse, n. Etym: [L. apocalypsis, Gr. 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; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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