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