kingdom comen.

Brit.

/ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/, U.S.

/ˈkɪŋdəm ˈkəm/

Inflections: Plural kingdoms come, kingdom comes.

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English kingdom come, thy kingdom come.

Etymology: < kingdom come in the phrase thy kingdom come in the Lord's Prayer ( < thy adj. + kingdom n. + come , optative subjunctive of come v.; compare quot. 1549 at kingdom n. 4a).In some instances perhaps reinterpreted as < kingdom n. + come , past participle of come v.: compare plural kingdoms come.

1. colloquial. The afterlife, the next world; spec. heaven, paradise. Hence also: death, utter destruction. Frequently in to kingdom come.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > kingdom of

heavenricheOE

richeOE

reigna1325

realmc1384

kingdom come1752

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] > to Heaven

aloftc1390

to kingdom come1752

1752 W. Chaigneau Hist. Jack Connor I. xxii. 243 My dear Father..took a Leap in the Dark to Kingdom come; and so I'm in Mourning for him, as you see.

1778 D. Garrick Let. a21 Oct. (1963) III. 1249 I shall be there on Friday to meet my Doctor—I was within an Inch of Kingdom come.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. v. 89 They will all be in kingdom come to-morrow morning, if the breeze comes more on the land.

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xii. 184 So old aunt Duncan has gone to kingdom come at last.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xiv. 262 One can go to Kingdom Come in such a variety of ways..that it is as well never to allow the mind to dwell on any particular method.

1921 Illinois Med. Jrnl. Apr. 299/2 It's not worth the powder and shot to blow it to kingdom come! The charter of your hospital is valuable only for decorative purposes.

1960 B. Kops Dream of Peter Mann 80 O Chrysanthemum—look, I am old—I go to Kingdom come.

2006 C. N. Adichie Half Yellow Sun (2007) xv. 179 The war would last just long enough for the Biafran army to gas the Nigerians to kingdom come.

2. Christian Church. The rule of God or Christ in a future age, esp. in a future thousand-year age of blessedness (see millenarianism n.). Also more widely: a future golden age.Earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse

world's endeOE

dayOE

doomsdayc975

world-endOE

'pocalypseOE

last dayc1275

judgementa1325

assize1340

Great Dayc1350

accounta1400

day of retributiona1400

latter day1533

Judgement Day1544

audit1548

after-reckoning1567

revelation-day1654

Fifth monarchy1655

long account1665

account day1671

kingdom come1858

the last (also final, great) round-up1879

eschaton1935

1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 668 It would seem this Church is indeed of the purely Invisible, Kingdom-Come kind.

1873 A. I. Thackeray Old Kensington Ded. sig. A2^v A future..bound to us by a thousand hopes and loving thoughts—a kingdom-come for us all.

1910 J. S. Hughes Revelation 173 This again is the kingdom come, the Millennium.

1991 Time 11 Feb. 88/2 Historians have proposed that this millenarian kingdom come is the ultimate (but unacknowledged) source of that now discredited Marxist paradise, the withering away of the state.

Phrases

till (also until) kingdom come (and variants): until some date in the impossibly distant future; for a very long time; for ever.

ΚΠ

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 369 I suppose, for any thing you would have advanced, I might have lain there [sc. in London] till Kingdom-come.

1884 Daily State Jrnl. (Lincoln Nebraska) 25 Apr. If the [asphaltum] walk is as strong as the odor which it sent toward heaven while it was in the process of construction, it will last until kingdom come.

1909 Evening News 15 Jan. 2/5 I'm glad her husband found out... I'd have gone on bleedin' her [sc. for money] 'til kingdom come if it hadn't happened.

1944 Life 20 Nov. 28/2 Why he failed is a question for speculation until Kingdom come.

1986 Wittenburg Door Oct. 10/2 Go right on saying, ‘Piffle!’ til Kingdom come.

2011 Independent 23 Nov. 19/4 It's becoming that way with charities: one donation, and you risk being phoned or mailed till kingdom come.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kingdom come
释义	kingdom comen. Brit. /ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/, U.S. /ˈkɪŋdəm ˈkəm/ Inflections: Plural kingdoms come, kingdom comes. Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English kingdom come, thy kingdom come. Etymology: < kingdom come in the phrase thy kingdom come in the Lord's Prayer ( < thy adj. + kingdom n. + come , optative subjunctive of come v.; compare quot. 1549 at kingdom n. 4a).In some instances perhaps reinterpreted as < kingdom n. + come , past participle of come v.: compare plural kingdoms come. 1. colloquial. The afterlife, the next world; spec. heaven, paradise. Hence also: death, utter destruction. Frequently in to kingdom come. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > kingdom of heavenricheOE richeOE reigna1325 realmc1384 kingdom come1752 the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] > to Heaven aloftc1390 to kingdom come1752 1752 W. Chaigneau Hist. Jack Connor I. xxii. 243 My dear Father..took a Leap in the Dark to Kingdom come; and so I'm in Mourning for him, as you see. 1778 D. Garrick Let. a21 Oct. (1963) III. 1249 I shall be there on Friday to meet my Doctor—I was within an Inch of Kingdom come. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. v. 89 They will all be in kingdom come to-morrow morning, if the breeze comes more on the land. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xii. 184 So old aunt Duncan has gone to kingdom come at last. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xiv. 262 One can go to Kingdom Come in such a variety of ways..that it is as well never to allow the mind to dwell on any particular method. 1921 Illinois Med. Jrnl. Apr. 299/2 It's not worth the powder and shot to blow it to kingdom come! The charter of your hospital is valuable only for decorative purposes. 1960 B. Kops Dream of Peter Mann 80 O Chrysanthemum—look, I am old—I go to Kingdom come. 2006 C. N. Adichie Half Yellow Sun (2007) xv. 179 The war would last just long enough for the Biafran army to gas the Nigerians to kingdom come. 2. Christian Church. The rule of God or Christ in a future age, esp. in a future thousand-year age of blessedness (see millenarianism n.). Also more widely: a future golden age.Earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse world's endeOE dayOE doomsdayc975 world-endOE 'pocalypseOE last dayc1275 judgementa1325 assize1340 Great Dayc1350 accounta1400 day of retributiona1400 latter day1533 Judgement Day1544 audit1548 after-reckoning1567 revelation-day1654 Fifth monarchy1655 long account1665 account day1671 kingdom come1858 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 eschaton1935 1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 668 It would seem this Church is indeed of the purely Invisible, Kingdom-Come kind. 1873 A. I. Thackeray Old Kensington Ded. sig. A2^v A future..bound to us by a thousand hopes and loving thoughts—a kingdom-come for us all. 1910 J. S. Hughes Revelation 173 This again is the kingdom come, the Millennium. 1991 Time 11 Feb. 88/2 Historians have proposed that this millenarian kingdom come is the ultimate (but unacknowledged) source of that now discredited Marxist paradise, the withering away of the state. Phrases till (also until) kingdom come (and variants): until some date in the impossibly distant future; for a very long time; for ever. ΚΠ 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 369 I suppose, for any thing you would have advanced, I might have lain there [sc. in London] till Kingdom-come. 1884 Daily State Jrnl. (Lincoln Nebraska) 25 Apr. If the [asphaltum] walk is as strong as the odor which it sent toward heaven while it was in the process of construction, it will last until kingdom come. 1909 Evening News 15 Jan. 2/5 I'm glad her husband found out... I'd have gone on bleedin' her [sc. for money] 'til kingdom come if it hadn't happened. 1944 Life 20 Nov. 28/2 Why he failed is a question for speculation until Kingdom come. 1986 Wittenburg Door Oct. 10/2 Go right on saying, ‘Piffle!’ til Kingdom come. 2011 Independent 23 Nov. 19/4 It's becoming that way with charities: one donation, and you risk being phoned or mailed till kingdom come. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1752
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