Both Uses
revelation
in
Learning to See - One Writer's Beginnings - Chpt 2
(Edited)
- They changed something in my life: each trip made its particular revelation, though I could not have found words for it.
*revelation = something previously unknown; or making such a thing known
- The time as we know it subjectively is often the chronology that stories and novels follow: it is the continuous thread of revelation.
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) As a proper noun, Revelation refers to the last book of the Bible with visionary descriptions of the End of Days. It can also refer to things revealed religiously rather than via logic.