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单词 Seventh-Day Adventist
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Definition of Seventh-Day Adventist in English:

Seventh-Day Adventist

noun
  • A member of a strict Protestant sect which preaches the imminent return of Christ to Earth (originally expecting the Second Coming in 1844) and observes Saturday as the sabbath.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the former case, the Court reversed the denial of unemployment benefits to a Seventh-Day Adventist who refused an offer of employment which would have required him to work on Saturdays.
    • Members of newer American denominations, including Seventh-Day Adventists and some Pentecostals, also refused induction and support of the war effort in this same conflict.
    • After I told one of the church members I was a Seventh-Day Adventist, I noticed he was a little quiet.
    • There are a small number of Uniates, Seventh-Day Adventists, Baptists, Pentecostalists, Armenian Apostolics, and Molokans.
    • 7% of Bermuda's residents are Seventh-Day Adventists.
 
 
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