second coming
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Noun (1)
- (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last JudgmentSynonyms: Second Coming of ChristSecond AdventAdventParousiaInstance of manifestation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“second coming” is listed under Coming.
Com′ing noun
1. Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
2. Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ, called usually the second coming.
Coming in. (a) Entrance; entrance way; manner of entering; beginning. “The goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof.” Ezek. xliii. 11 (b) Income or revenue. “What are thy comings in?” William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54