Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parusia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paru-sia
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The parusia has a twofold meaning, a spiritual and an historical, in St. John. Thus in John xiv. 18, 19 the coming Advent is resolved into […] an event already present: […]"
"Plato places his utopia of a just society in timeless, mythological space, whereas St Augustine locates it in the mythological future of parusia. In both cases, however, the actual reality of the political institutions is presented as casual and subordinated to the true reality of essence."
"Regarding parusia, a function typifying the epistolary genre, he states, […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: παρουσία

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

historical present

Frequently Paired Words

parousia historical present

Questions

What does parusia mean?: A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones.
Where does parusia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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