Synonyms for apocalypse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-pok-uh-lips |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɒk ə lɪps |
Définition of apocalypse
Origin :- late 14c., "revelation, disclosure," from Church Latin apocalypsis "revelation," from Greek apokalyptein "uncover, disclose, reveal," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + kalyptein "to cover, conceal" (see Calypso). The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into English as "Apocalypse" c.1230 and "Revelations" by Wyclif c.1380).
- Its general sense in Middle English was "insight, vision; hallucination;" meaning "a cataclysmic event" is modern. As agent nouns, apocalypst (1829), apocalypt (1834), and apocalyptist (1835) have been tried.
- noun mass destruction
- Now in sober truth there is a magnificent idea in these monsters of the Apocalypse.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Croly, in his new interpretation of the Apocalypse, holds the following language.
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- It is the prophet's message to his fellow men, the apocalypse of the seer.
- Extract from : « The Enjoyment of Art » by Carleton Noyes
- Then comes the purpose of all this apocalypse of Divine magnificence.
- Extract from : « The Life of David » by Alexander Maclaren
- He beholds there, an Apocalypse of the redemption of the world.
- Extract from : « Rambles Beyond Railways; » by Wilkie Collins
- Perhaps the Angel of the Apocalypse likes this kind of piracy.
- Extract from : « The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- It also possessed one of the earliest of the block-books, the Apocalypse.
- Extract from : « English Book Collectors » by William Younger Fletcher
- Here we have the four beasts 78 of the Apocalypse,—emblems of the Evangelists.
- Extract from : « The Cathedral Builders » by Leader Scott
- One might have supposed it to be the living chariot of the Apocalypse.
- Extract from : « Sea Stories » by Various
- The general symmetry of the Apocalypse militates against it.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation » by William Milligan
Antonyms for apocalypse
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