parousian
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”).
Adjective
parousian (comparative more parousian, superlative most parousian)
- 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.
- 1908, Workman Herbert B, Persecution in the Early Church:
Related terms
- parousia