parousia

noun

par·ou·sia ˌpär-ü-ˈsē-ə How to pronounce parousia (audio)

pə-ˈrü-zē-ə How to pronounce parousia (audio)

variants or Parousia

in Christian theology

: the time when Jesus Christ will return to judge humanity at the end of the world : second coming

Christians around A.D. 64 anxiously awaited the parousia, Jesus Christ's imminent Second Coming.

Tom Mueller

In a word, everything hinges on the interpretation, or rather, re-interpretation of the parousia, that is, the time of the arrival of the Messiah.

Otto Rank

… treading the paths of history in order to come at last to the Parousia.

States News Service

Etymology

Greek, literally, presence, from paront-, parōn, present participle of pareinai to be present, from para- + einai to be — more at is

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

单词	parousia
释义	parousia noun par·ou·sia ˌpär-ü-ˈsē-ə pə-ˈrü-zē-ə variants or Parousia in Christian theology : the time when Jesus Christ will return to judge humanity at the end of the world : second coming Christians around A.D. 64 anxiously awaited the parousia, Jesus Christ's imminent Second Coming. Tom Mueller In a word, everything hinges on the interpretation, or rather, re-interpretation of the parousia, that is, the time of the arrival of the Messiah. Otto Rank … treading the paths of history in order to come at last to the Parousia. States News Service Word History Etymology Greek, literally, presence, from paront-, parōn, present participle of pareinai to be present, from para- + einai to be — more at is First Known Use 1781, in the meaning defined above
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