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Apocalyptic \A*poc`a*lyp"tic\ ([.a]*p[o^]k`[.a]*l[i^]p"t[i^]k),
Apocalyptist \A*poc`a*lyp"tist\, n.
The writer of the Apocalypse.
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Apocalyptic \A*poc`a*lyp"tic\, Apocalyptical
\A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the
Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a
prophetic revelation.
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2. pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling an
apocalypse, in senses 3 or 4.
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{Apocalyptic number}, the number 666, mentioned in --Rev.
xiii. 18., in which it is described as the number of the
"beast of the earth". It has been variously interpreted.
Some fundamentalist Christians consider it to be the
number of the Devil, and avoid or fear objects containing
that number.
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