n.
Pronunciation: ˌ re-v ə - ' l ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English revelacioun, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin revelation-, revelatio, from Latin revelare to reveal
Date: 14th century
1 a : an act of revealing or communicating divine truth b : something that is revealed by God to humans
2 a : an act of revealing to view or making known b : something that is revealed especially : an enlightening or astonishing disclosure <shocking revelation s > c : a pleasant often enlightening surprise <her talent was a revelation >
3 capitalized : an apocalyptic writing addressed to early Christians of Asia Minor and included as a book in the New Testament ― called also Apocalypse ― see BIBLE table