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noun

Revelation n.

The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.

That which is revealed.

(Theol.)

(a)

The act of revealing divine truth.

(b)

That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. "By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words."

Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation or The Revelation of Saint John.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Revelation" Quotes from Famous Books

... chanced to be convenient when she was ready to read, she used it; if not, she took Sadie's, or picked up Julia's from under the table, or the old one on a shelf in the corner, with one cover and part of Revelation missing—it mattered not one whit to her which—for there were no pencil marks, and no leaves turned down, and no special verses to find. She thought the idea of marking certain verses an excellent one, and deciding ...

— Ester Ried • Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)

... Congress to include women in the proposed Fourteenth Amendment were rapidly pushed, and as soon as ten or twelve thousand names were secured they were sent at once to Washington, as the resolution was then under discussion. And here came the revelation which had been for some time foreshadowed—the Republicans refused to champion this cause! From the founding of the Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, women had been always its most loyal supporters, bearing their share of the odium and persecution of ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

... change was gone. Honest John had taken everything; he had not left his young master a single sixpence. At this revelation of the state of affairs, poor Richard, weakened as he was by his long excitement, threw himself on the bed and burst into tears. The attendant, to whom, as usual, he had been liberal, was affected by an emotion so strange ...

— Stories By English Authors: Italy • Various

... sat down and glanced contemptuously at the questioner. All the company felt a trifle disappointed by Jane's manner. They had expected a more exciting revelation. ...

— Dorothy's House Party • Evelyn Raymond

... certain conditions; I am simply insisting that beauty may belong to expressions of the individual also, and that you cannot reduce these to mere illustrations of universal ideas. Because of its completeness and internal harmony, the philosopher may find the simplest melody a revelation of the Absolute; but even if it were, its beauty would still pertain to it primarily as a revelation of the individual experience which it embodies. Again, by reason of the freedom from the particular ...

— The Principles Of Aesthetics • Dewitt H. Parker

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