/euh pok"euh lips/ , n.
1. ( cap. ) revelation (def. 4).
2. any of a class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 350 and were assumed to make revelations of the ultimate divine purpose.
3. a prophetic revelation, esp. concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil.
4. any revelation or prophecy.
5. any universal or widespread destruction or disaster: the apocalypse of nuclear war.
[ 1125-75; ME apocalypsis apokálypsis revelation, equiv. to apokalýp ( tein ) to uncover, reveal ( apo- APO- + kalýptein to cover, conceal) + -sis -SIS ]