Adventist
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ
Word Origin
- Adventist (n.)
- "one of a religious denomination that believes in or looks for the early second coming of Christ," 1843; see advent + -ist. Church Latin adventus was applied to the coming of the Savior, both the first or the anticipated second, hence Adventist was a name applied to millenarian sects, especially and originally the Millerites (U.S.).
Example
- 1. A unique circumstance in adventist history .
- 2. And this has remained the fundamental point of the adventist creed .
- 3. The accrediting association of seventh-day adventist schools , colleges , and universities .
- 4. The seventh day adventist church has experienced rapid growth in the post world war ii period .
- 5. Ted mohr , the head of the venerable penang adventist hospital says that he will admit 70000 medical tourists this year .