Definition of "velation" []

• A veiling; the act of covering or the state of being covered with or as with a veil; hence, concealment; mystery; secrecy: the opposite of revelation. (noun)
• Formation of a velum. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A silent contemplation: a tentative velation: a gradual abasement: a solicitous aversion: a proximate erection."
• "Hermes, who lived at that period, that we must attribute the concealment or _veiling_ [_velation_] of the Indian worship, which Moses _unveiled_ or _revealed_, changing nothing of the laws of Hermes, except the plurality of his mystic Gods."
• "Besides if the Jews, who enjoyed the benefit of divine re - velation, were not exposed to hell for their sins, it. is not to be supposed that the benighted Gentiles were."