Tra từ revelation - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

reve·la·tion AW [revelation revelations] BrE [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn] NAmE [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn] noun
1. countable ~ (about/concerning sth) | ~ (that…) a fact that people are made aware of, especially one that has been secret and is surprising
Syn: ↑disclosure
•startling/sensational revelations about her private life
•He was dismissed after revelations that confidential files were missing.
2. uncountable ~ (of sth) the act of making people aware of sth that has been secret
Syn: ↑disclosure
•The company's financial problems followed the revelation of a major fraud scandal.
3. countable, uncountable something that is considered to be a sign or message from God
•These events were seen as a divine revelation.
see also ↑reveal
Idiom: ↑come as a revelation

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the theological sense): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio(n-), from revelare ‘lay bare’ from re- ‘again’ (expressing reversal) + velum ‘veil’. Senses 1 and 2 date from the mid 19th cent.

Collocations:
Religion
Being religious
believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
convert to/practise/ (especially US) practice a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
go to church/(NAmE) temple (= the synagogue)
go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
belong to a church/a religious community
join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
Celebrations and ritual
attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
go on/make a pilgrimage
celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
deliver/preach/hear a sermon
lead/address the congregation
say/recite a prayer/blessing
Religious texts and ideas
preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
be based on/derive from divine revelation
commit/consider sth heresy/sacrilege
Religious belief and experience
seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
strengthen/lose your faith
keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
save/purify/lose your soul
obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
be/accept/do God's will
receive/experience divine grace
achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
hear/answer a prayer
commit/confess/forgive a sin
do/perform penance

Example Bank:
•He claimed to have had a revelation from God.
•He claimed to know these things by divine revelation.
•His acting ability was a revelation to us all.
•The demonstration proved something of a revelation for our teachers.
•The embarrassing revelations came just hours before he was to make his speech.
•There are no great revelations in the final chapter.
•To many members of her audience, these performances must have come as a revelation.
•fresh revelations concerning their private lives
•The company's financial problems followed the revelation of a major fraud scandal.
•There were some sensational revelations about her private life.