A-pŏc'a-ly̆pse, n.

n. [Fr. apocalypse, Lat. apocalypsis, Gr. ἀποκάλυψις, from ἀποκαλύπτειν, to uncover, to disclose, from ἀπό, from, and καλύπτειν, to cover, conceal.] Revelation; discovery; disclosure;—specifically, applied as the name of the last book in the New Testament, containing the revelation delivered to St. John, in Patmos, near the close of the first century.