parousian

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, presence).

Adjective

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parousian (comparative more parousian, superlative most parousian)

  1. (Christianity) Relating to the second coming of Christ.
    • 1908, Workman Herbert B, Persecution in the Early Church:
      We may dismiss at once the extremists of both types: those on the one hand whose laxity of conviction or conduct defended even attendance at the degrading public spectacles … and those who from extreme parousian standpoints made life of any sort practically impossible.
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