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Definitions for revelatory
rɪˈvɛl əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈrɛv ə lə-rev·e·la·to·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestiveadjective

    (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

    "actions indicative of fear"

  2. apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatoryadjective

    prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

Wiktionary

  1. revelatoryadjective

    Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation

  2. revelatoryadjective

    Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic

Wikipedia

  1. revelatory

    In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities.

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  1. revelatory

    Revelatory refers to something that reveals or makes information, especially significant or surprising information, known or visible. It often pertains to situations, experiences or sources that provide insight or disclose something previously unknown or unseen.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of revelatory in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of revelatory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of revelatory in a Sentence

  1. Kathleen Flake:

    Russell Nelson is more willing and probably more required to assert Russell Nelson revelatory authority, required because Russell Nelson is making so many changes and because the church has faced so much pushback.

  2. Robbie Collin:

    It's the most exciting press conference I have been at, I think. Cannes isn't known for its revelatory press conferences but that felt like a weird cinematic event in itself, what remains fascinating about Godard and his work, is that is he is the only director in competition so far, possibly the only one in the entire festival, whose films defy being chewed over in the course of a tweet or a thread of tweets.

  3. Václav Havel:

    There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all.

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