revelationistn.
/ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənəst/ 1. A person who makes a revelation, esp. (frequently with capital initial, as an epithet of) St John of Patmos, as the author of the book of Revelation. Cf. revelator n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > New Testament > Revelations > [noun] > author of
apocalyptic1629
revelationist1657
apocalypta1834
apocalyptist1835
1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 111 The Revelationist joyns them both together saying, He hath made us Kings and Priests.
1702 ‘A. Phylopsyches’ Ψυχηλογια iv. 100 Those that pretended to be inspired with some divine Fury, or Strange rapture.., And The Enthusiasts or pretended Revelationists.
1780 Compan. for Christian in Field & Garden 125 These Revelationists, with all their boasted Intercourse with Heaven.
1865 tr. D. F. Strauss New Life Jesus I. ii. xiii. 92 The Revelationist sees in Jerusalem the central point of the millennial Kingdom of Christ.
1883 J. Parker Apostolic Life II. 206 Athens had to climb its Mount Zion foot by foot..; but the Christian revelationist came down upon it from the clouds.
1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. (1921) I. vi. xxx. 598 I do not of course write to blame the Revelationist; such visions of hatred are the natural outcome of persecution and great suffering.
2005 H. E. Eickleberry Character Map ix. 177 Look at the symbolisms that Ezekiel used, for they are the same symbolisms that John the Revelationist..used.
2. A believer in divine revelation; a person who believes that knowledge of God comes only from revelation. Cf. revelationism n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > person believing in
revelationer1714
revelationist1739
inspirationist1846
1739 S. Parvish Inq. into Jewish & Christian Revelation 66 However destitute the free Enquirers on the Foot of natural Religion, may have been, of the Helps Revelationists boast of, [etc.].
1765 ‘Rabby Shylock’ Jew Apologist ii. iv. 86 The question betwixt the Deist and the Revelationist is not; if the law Of nature is good: but whether it be Alone sufficient.
1803 Barbara Markham xxiv. 178 The dreads which revelationists inspire in regard to a future state.
1888 Athenæum 3 Mar. 272/2 Matter for contention between evolutionists and revelationists.
1916 Open Court Sept. 544 Can the revelationist afford to admit that God's law is not ultimate, static and immutable?
1954 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 20 192 These two anti-rationalist traditions—that of the liberal sceptic and the Protestant revelationist.
2005 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 14 If the revelationists get their way, there will be no place for secular Jews, let alone Arabs, in the promised land.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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