What does "revelation" mean?

Revelation: That which is revealed.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. Eph. iii.
  2. 3.4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.

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