Both Uses of
revelation
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Dill had seen Dracula, a revelation that moved Jem to eye him with the beginning of respect.
p. 8.4 *revelation = something previously unknown
- No comment seemed to be expected of us, and the class received these impressionistic revelations in silence.
p. 20.9revelations = things previously unknown
Definitions:
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(1)
(revelation) something that was previously unknown (and typically surprising); or making such a thing known
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Revelation as a proper noun refers to the last book of the Bible with visionary descriptions of the End of Days. Less commonly still, it sometimes refers to things revealed religiously rather than via logic.