second coming en · NOUN
Meanings
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The prophesied return of Jesus Christ.
When the time of Christ's second coming is at hand, there will be but a very little faith in the world. And the Lord knows that there be many, who are now as high as Lucifer, that at that day, for want of faith, will be thrown down to the sides of the pit; even in the very belly of hell.
a. 1689 (date written), John Bunyan, “ Some Gospel Truths Opened”, in Henry Stebbing, editor, The Entire Works of John Bunyan, […], volume I, London: James S[prent] Virtue, […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 75:When Malone next looked round he was gone. "He is one of these Second-coming fanatics," he whispered to Enid. There are a lot of them—Christadelphians, Russellites, Bible Students and what-not.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes an Evening in Strange Company”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Coming | alternative | lexicographic | |
| second comings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
armageddon · apocatastasis · judgment day · day of reckoning · Last Judgment · apocalypse
Synonyms
Translations (19)
fi toinen tuleminen (the return of Jesus Christ) · nl tweede komst (the return of Jesus Christ) · nl wederkomst (the return of Jesus Christ) · ka მეორედ მოსვლა (the return of Jesus Christ) · ka ქრისტეს მეორედ მოსვლა (the return of Jesus Christ) · el Δευτέρα Παρουσία (the return of Jesus Christ) · ro a doua venire (the return of Jesus Christ) · ja 再臨 (the return of Jesus Christ) · es segunda venida (the return of Jesus Christ) · fr retour (the return of Jesus Christ) · pt segunda vinda (the return of Jesus Christ) · uk дру́ге прише́стя (the return of Jesus Christ) · pl paruzja (the return of Jesus Christ) · cmn 耶穌基督的第二次降臨 /耶稣基督的第二次降临 (the return of Jesus Christ) · hu második eljövetel (the return of Jesus Christ) · ru второе пришествие (the return of Jesus Christ) · be друго́е прышэ́сце (the return of Jesus Christ) · de Wiederkunft (the return of Jesus Christ) · mn хоёр дахь ирэлт (the return of Jesus Christ)