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Definition of Apocalyptic
1. Adjective. Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.
Similar to: Prophetic, Prophetical
Derivative terms: Apocalypse, Apocalypse, Reveal
2. Adjective. Of or relating to an apocalypse.
Definition of Apocalyptic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
2. n. The writer of the Apocalypse.
Definition of Apocalyptic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to an apocalypse: ¹
2. Adjective. Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation(,) or doom). ¹
3. Noun. One who predicts apocalypse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apocalyptic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apocalyptic
Literary usage of Apocalyptic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"It is interesting to observe how through Jewish apocalyptic the idea of ...
In its developed form apocalyptic literature originated in a period when a ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"apocalyptic LITERATURE. The apocalyptic literature of Judaism and ... The way,
however, had in an especial degree been prepared for the apocalyptic type of ..."
3. Studies in Religion and Theology: The Church: in Idea and in History by Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1910)
"This change is expressed in the fashion of His works, which are more apocalyptic
than of old. When I was young, and the only school of free criticism was ..."
4. The Revelation of John: A Historical Interpretation by Shirley Jackson Case (1919)
"So far as his equipment was concerned, in all essential respects John regarded
himself as standing in the true line of apocalyptic succession. IV. ..."
5. The Early Christian Attitude to War: A Contribution to the History of by Cecil John Cadoux (1919)
"apocalyptic WARS.—But Scripture spoke of other wars than those of past history.
... The Christian Church practically took over the Jewish apocalyptic ..."
6. Introduction to the Study of the Gospels by Brooke Foss Westcott (1882)
"... Gentiles with gathered might shall assail this land, bringing fate upon
themselves; for they shall 1 Cf. p. 93, n. 1. the apocalyptic writings are by ..."
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