revelation
noun
- revealing or disclosure of information or religious truth
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ / /ˌɹev.əˈlæɪ.ʃən/
name
Etymology: Proprialization from revelation. The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choices Revelation and Apocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia at Book of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date.
- The final book of the New Testament of the Bible; its events.
“He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”); by surface analysis, revelate + -ion.
- The act of revealing or disclosing.
“The revelation of the culprits' identities was cathartic for the populace.”
“Magicians talk about the revelation at the end of a trick.”
- Something that is revealed.
“The revelaciõ of Jeſus Chꝛiſte / which god gave vnto hĩ / foꝛto ſhewe vnto his ſervaunt[es] thyng[es] which muſte ſhoꝛtly come to paſſe.”
“But it was much more than a mere ship. Its systems, processes, and technology were so advanced that they dwarfed every accomplishment of the Citadel species. Its grandeur and complexity rivaled the greatest creations of the Protheans—the mass relays and the Citadel. It may have even surpassed them. And if Saren could learn and understand how it worked, he could seize all that power for himself. He’d spent his entire life preparing for a moment like this. Everything he’d ever done—his military service, his career with the Spectres—was only a prelude to this revelation. Now he had found his true purpose; destiny had led him here.”
- Something dramatically disclosed.
“This invention was a revelation for farmers throughout the region, who immediately adopted it.”
- A manifestation of divine truth.
“This does not mean that God has difficulty overcoming obstacles; if one questions whether revelation is ‘a simple matter’, this need not refer to whether or not God has to exert himself greatly to overcome these obstacles, or whether he is grieved or suffers in some way to overcome these obstacles.”
- Something that turns out to be a great success.
“This invention was a revelation for farming throughout the region, where it doubled crop yields.”
“Upon the more developed taste of the present Jewish public, Goldfaden's operettas do not make much impression, but half a century ago his plays were a revelation to the people in Eastern Europe and caused a furor throughout the Jewish settlement in Russia.”