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单词 second coming
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Second Coming

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noun

the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
Also called Advent, Second Advent.

Origin of Second Coming

First recorded in 1635–45

OTHER WORDS FROM Second Coming

post-Advent, adjective

Words nearby Second Coming

second 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
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British Dictionary definitions for Second Coming

Second Coming

less commonly Second Advent


noun

the 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 Coming

Second 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 Coming

Several 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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