单词 | second coming |
释义 | Second ComingSEE SYNONYMS FOR Second Coming ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe coming of Christ on Judgment Day. Also called Advent, Second Advent. Origin of Second ComingFirst recorded in 1635–45 OTHER WORDS FROM Second Comingpost-Advent, adjectiveWords nearby Second Comingsecond blessing, second chamber, second childhood, second class, second-class citizen, Second Coming, Second Commandment, second consonant shift, second cousin, second cranial nerve, second cuneiform bone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Second ComingSecond Coming less commonly Second Adventnounthe prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Second ComingSecond Coming The return of Jesus, prophesied in the New Testament, to judge the living and the dead and bring about the final triumph of good over evil. The writings of the Apostles in the New Testament express the belief that the Second Coming will happen soon and suggest that it may happen within a generation of their own time. (See Judgment Day.) notes for Second ComingSeveral Christian denominations, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists and the Jehovah's Witnesses, are founded on a similar belief about the imminence of Jesus' return. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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