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Second Comingn.

Brit. /ˈsɛk(ə)nd ˌkʊmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɛkən(d) ˌkəmɪŋ/
Forms: see second adj. and n.2 and coming n. Also with lower-case initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: second adj., coming n.
Etymology: < second adj. + coming n., after post-classical Latin secundus adventus (3rd cent.).
1. Theology. More fully Second Coming of Christ. The prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgement; = Parousia n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun]
Second Comingc1400
return1550
advent1736
second advent1736
Parousia1781
c1400 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Lamb. 25) (1850) Dan. vii. 1 Gloss. This visioun..perteynen to the secounde comynge of Crist, that is to the general doom.
1502 Higden's Polycronycon (new ed.) iv. sig. c vv He ordeyned the feest of Lenton afore Eester, & Aduent, & the Emerynge dayes to be fasted of all crysten people, in to the myrrour of the fyrste & seconde comynge of oure lorde Ihesu.
1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. xiii. 170 God is not yet all in all, nor shal be vntil the second comming.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 248 [Christ] did make that Sacrifice, and Oblation of himself, at his first coming, which God was pleased to require, for the Salvation at his second coming, of such as in the mean time should repent, and beleeve in him.
1785 Gentleman's Mag. 55 392 Those Millennarians, believing the certainty of Christ's second coming, and his Millennarian Kingdom, lived not the holy life enjoined them.
1838 H. H. Milman tr. F. Guizot in E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xv. 299 They say, that Jesus Christ, after having proclaimed the ruin of Jerusalem and of the Temple, speaks of his second coming, and the signs which were to precede it.
1850 E. C. Gaskell Heart John Middleton in Househ. Words 28 Dec. 330/2 I longed and yearned for the second coming of Christ, of which Nelly had told me. The world seemed cruel, and hard.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 235/1 With the view of directing the thoughts of Christians to the first coming of Christ as Saviour, and to his second coming as Judge, special lessons are prescribed for the four Sundays in Advent.
1997 Skeptical Inquirer Jan. 32/2 The American Baptist preacher William Miller, who proclaimed that the Second Coming would occur between March 21, 1843, and March 21, 1844.
2. In extended use. In early use frequently with reference to figures in religions other than Christianity. In later use usually more generally: a renaissance, a comeback; (also hyperbolically or ironically) a person or thing of great importance, likened to Christ returning to earth.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to flourishing condition > fact of
regeneration1567
resurging1575
renascency1648
Second Coming1650
palintocya1660
reflorescence1690
revirescence1741
resurgence1798
renascence1810
resurgency1810
recrudescence1877
Renaissance1882
Risorgimento1883
reburgeoning1929
greening1970
1650 H. Parker True Portraiture Kings Eng. 9 To expect in one Line, and Family, a succession of good, wise, and governing men, is almost as probable to Christians, as to expect Mahomets second coming among the Turks, after so many hundred years delusion.
1700 J. Dryden To Dutchess of Ormond in Fables sig. A3 When at Your second Coming You appear, (For I foretell that Millenary Year) The sharpen'd Share shall vex the Soil no more.
1832 S. A. Dunham Hist. Spain & Portugal II. iii. i. 59 The second coming of the great iman, who should lead all nations into the unity of faith, was and is as confidently expected as the coming of the Messias by the Jews.
1902 J. S. Fletcher Hist. St. Leger Stakes ix. 462 In addition to the favourite experiencing a sort of second coming, there was good money for Butterfly.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 567/2 In an age of superstition no people had so great a reputation for credulity as the Paphlagonians, and Alexander had little difficulty in convincing them of the second coming of the god under the name of Glycon.
1970 M. Tormé Other Side of Rainbow iv. 63 You're the greatest. You're the Second Coming, you're the Sermon on the Mount.
1994 Face Oct. 152/2 A disco extravaganza featuring Saturday Night Fever to tie in with John Travolta's second coming in Pulp Fiction.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Jan. b1/1 So, is the Apple tablet a figment of so much Web-borne pixie dust or is it the second coming of the iPhone.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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