Proprialization fromapocalypse, ultimately fromAncient Greekἀποκάλυψις(apokálupsis,“revelation”). The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choicesRevelation andApocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia atBook of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date.
Apocalypse (pluralApocalypses)
- (countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.
Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.
- (Christianity)Revelation(last book of theBible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of theend times).
He's been reading theApocalypse again, and doomscrolling social media content that fixates on it.
- Armageddon: the destructiveend of the world.
They keep predicting that theApocalypse is nigh, but I notice that they have books and supplies that they're trying to sell.
the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
- IPA(key): /a.pɔ.ka.lips/
- Hyphenation:A‧po‧ca‧lypse
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Apocalyptic literature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia