apocalypse
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From Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokalupsis, “revelation”), from ἀπό (“away”) and καλύπτω (“I cover”).
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apocalypse (plural apocalypses)
- A revelation. [from 14th c.]
- The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
- (Christianity) The events prophesied in the Revelation of John; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
- A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 699:
- The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 699:
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revealing or revelation
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end of the world
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cataclysmic event
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apocalypse
- ablative singular of apocalypsis
