Other forms: revelations
A revelation is knowledge believed to be disclosed by a god. Divine revelation, the book of Revelation, a revelation to the prophet.
Religions differ on whether it is finished or continuing, and that single question divides more traditions than almost any other. In ordinary use a revelation is any surprising disclosure. The Latin means an uncovering, from the same root as veil.
1nounrevelationKnowledge believed to be disclosed by a god.
“The prophet claimed that his teachings came to him through divine revelation.”
2nounsurprisingA surprising disclosure.
“The revelation that the mayor had lied shocked the whole town.”
revelation is a disclosure.
Latin revelatio means an uncovering, from re-, back, plus velum, a veil. Veil and reveal share the cloth.
Latin
revēlātiō — disclosure
Old French
revelacion
Middle English
revelacioun
English, today
revelation
Built from
From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”); by surface analysis, revelate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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