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Apocalypse (iou)



Apocalypse noun. In sense 2 also apocalypse. OE.
[Old & mod. French from ecclesiastical Latin apocalypsis from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein uncover, from APO- + kaluptein cover.]
The supposed revelation of the future made to St John in the island of Patmos; the book of the New Testament relating this. OE.
Any vision or prophecy, esp. of violent or climactic events comparable with those foretold in the book Revelation of St John. Also, the events themselves. LME.
apocalypst noun (rare) = APOCALYPTIST E19.