| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Apocalypse |
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| (uh-POK-uh-lips) Another name for the New Testament Book of Revelation; from the Greek word for “revelation.” | 1 |
| ‡ An “apocalypse” is a final catastrophe. | 2 |
| ‡ The Apocalypse is supposed to come at the end of the world or of time. | 3 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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