Adventist

[ ad-ven-tist, ad-ven- ]

noun

1. Also called Second Adventist. a member of any of certain Christian denominations that maintain that the Second Advent of Christ is imminent.

adjective

1. of or relating to Adventists.

Adventist

/ ˈædvɛntɪst; ˈædvən- /

noun

1. a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent

Other Words From

• Advent·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Adventist¹

First recorded in 1835–45; Advent + -ist

Example Sentences

As long as the official Seventh-day Adventist teachings on gender and sexuality remain the same, campuses like Andrews will never be a completely safe environment for LGBTQ people.

From Time

His race made national news a few weeks ago due to the fact that an Adventist college distributed openly anti-LGBTQ text to its students.

From Washington Blade

The daughter of 7th Day Adventist missionaries, Heidi Nelson was raised with the expectation that she would do well.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, the official Seventh-Day Adventist Church has distanced itself from Hudson.

From The Daily Beast

Here two Second Adventist preachers, a Mr. Chapman and his wife, were holding forth.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the difference between the social revolutionist and the Second Adventist is much smaller than either of them suspects.

From Project Gutenberg

His maternal grandfather was an Adventist, with the touch of mysticism that word implies.

From Project Gutenberg

The verse has the accent of a Second Adventist a century later.

From Project Gutenberg

The rather puzzling exception he explained by saying that he was a Seventh-day Adventist.

From Project Gutenberg