Look up: Apocalypse

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   apocalypse
   [n] - a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
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   apocalypse
   Revelation disclosed only to a chosen person. The term is applied to the last book of the New Testament, the Apocalypse of St John, otherwise known as Revelation. There were many earlier writings of...
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   Apocalypse
   A·poc'a·lypse noun [ Latin apocalypsis , Greek ..., from ... to uncover, to disclose; ... from + ... to cover, conceal: confer French 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; a disclosure. « The new apocalyps ...
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   Apocalypse
   A·poc'a·lypse noun (Eccl.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a.d. , and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future.
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   apocalypse
   noun a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
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   Apocalypse
   `Apocalypse` (Greek: -translit. `apoca'lipsis`, meaning literally: the lifting of the veil), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. Today the term is often used to mean `End of planet Earth`, which may be a shortening of the phrase `apokalupsis eschaton` which literally means `revelation at the end of the aeon, or age`. Another provided definition is: `Apocalypse` apo...
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   Apocalypse
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure. • (n.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate...
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   Apocalypse
   (from the article `Duvet, Jean`) Duvet`s two best-known later works are the unicorn series and the `Apocalypse.` The former, probably done in the early 1540s, earned the artist the ...
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   Apocalypse
   (from the article `Dürer, Albrecht`) Italian influences were slower to take hold in Dürer`s graphics than in his drawings and paintings. Strong late Gothic elements dominate the ...
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    apocalypse
    apocalypse (upok'ulips) [Gr.,=uncovering], genre represented in early Jewish and in Christian literature in which the secrets of the heavenly world or of the world to come are revealed by angelic mediation within a narrative framework. The genre seems to have arisen in Palestine in the 3d cent. ...
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