APOCALYPSE,

The Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).

A Greek word meaning revelation, applied chiefly to the book of Revelation by John. [Revelation Of St. John]

APOC'ALYPSE, the Greek word for revelation, used of the Revelation of John. See Revelation.

uncovering, revelation

APOC'ALYPSE, the Greek word for revelation, used of the Revelation of John. See Revelation.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.