Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second coming

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond -com-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The prophesied return of Jesus Christ.

name

Alternative letter-case form of second coming.

Example Sentences

"When the time of Christ's second coming is at hand, there will be but a very little faith in the world. And the Lord knows that there be many, who are now as high as Lucifer, that at that day, for want of faith, will be thrown down to the sides of the pit; even in the very belly of hell."
"When Malone next looked round he was gone. "He is one of these Second-coming fanatics," he whispered to Enid. There are a lot of them—Christadelphians, Russellites, Bible Students and what-not."

Inflected Forms

second comings (plural)

Phrases

day of reckoning judgment day Last Judgment

Frequently Paired Words

apocalypse apocatastasis armageddon day of reckoning judgment day Last Judgment

Synonyms

parousia second advent

Questions

What does second coming mean?: The prophesied return of Jesus Christ.

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