kingdom come

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[edit] Etymology

(Can we verify this etymology?) From the phrase thy kingdom come in the Lord's Prayer

[edit] Noun

kingdom come (uncountable)

  1. The next world; heaven or paradise
    • 1843 Charles Dickens - Bentley's Miscellany
      Dead ! dead as herrings — gone to kingdom come a precious long time ago.
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