Толковый словарь английского языка - revelation
Revelation
revelation
noun Etymology: Middle English revelacioun, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~-, revelatio, from Latin revelare to reveal Date: 14th century 1. an act of revealing or communicating divine truth, something that is revealed by God to humans, 2. an act of revealing to view or making known, something that is revealed, a pleasant often enlightening surprise , an apocalyptic writing addressed to early Christians of Asia Minor and included as a book in the New Testament
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n. 1 a the act or an instance of revealing, esp. the supposed disclosure of knowledge to humankind by a divine or supernatural agency. b knowledge disclosed in this way. 2 a striking disclosure (it was a revelation to me). 3 (Revelation or colloq. Revelations) (in full the Revelation of St John the Divine) the last book of the New Testament, describing visions of heaven. Derivatives revelational adj. Etymology: ME f. OF revelation or LL revelatio (as REVEAL(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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