"revelatory" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: [ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi] [British, Southern, Standard], [ɹɛvəˈlejtəɹi] [British, Southern, Standard], [ˈɹɛvələtoɹi] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-revelatory.wav Forms: more revelatory [comparative], most revelatory [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin revēlātus + -ory; by surface analysis, revelate + -ory. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|revēlātus|ory|lang1=la}} Latin revēlātus + -ory, {{surf|en|revelate|-ory|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, revelate + -ory Head templates: {{en-adj}} revelatory (comparative more revelatory, superlative most revelatory)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation. Synonyms: revelative#Adjective
    Sense id: en-revelatory-en-adj-YeNPTbIv Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 93 7
  2. Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.
    Sense id: en-revelatory-en-adj-CPV66jbn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ory, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ory: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: revelatorily, unrevelatory Related terms: revealingness, revelate [obsolete, verb], Revelation, revelation, revelator, revelatoriness
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