Parousia

[ puh-roo-zee-uh, -see-uh, pahr-oo-see-uh ]

noun

1. advent ( def 4 ).
2. (lowercase) Platonism. the presence in any thing of the idea after which it was formed.

parousia

/ pəˈruːsɪə /

noun

1. Christianity another term for the Second Coming

Word History and Origins

Origin of Parousia¹

1870–75; < Greek parousía a being present, presence, equivalent to par- par- + ous- (stem of ôn, present participle of eînai to be) + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Parousia¹

C19: from Greek: presence

Example Sentences

Luke, or his source, wishes to indicate that the parousia may be in the night, and so adds the words and .

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They betray the conviction that the time of the parousia is near.

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They also betray the expectation of the early coming of the parousia.

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Luke (xvii, 34) wishes to suggest that the parousia may occur in the night.

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Furthermore, it is not only in the earlier epistles that expressions occur which seem to suggest that the Parousia is near.

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