Category:Apocalypse

A*poc"a*lypse, n. Etym: [L. apocalypsis, Gr. apocalypse.]

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.

-- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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