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Last Judgment

noun

, Theology.
  1. in some religions, the final trial of all people, both the living and dead, at the end of the world.


Last Judgment

noun

  1. the Last Judgment
    the occasion, after the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world, when, according to biblical tradition, God will decree the final destinies of all men according to the good and evil in their earthly lives Also known asthe Last DayDoomsdayJudgment Day
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Last Judgment1

First recorded in 1550–60
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Example Sentences

Why do we accept the prophecy of persecution when the statement about the disciples living until the last judgment clearly failed?

These wicked spirits, then, will execute the commands which this severe judge will pronounce against men at the last judgment.

Thunder rolled heavily and solemnly round about in the mountains, like an echo of the trumpet of the last judgment.

In a fine old bas-relief over the door of the Cathedral at Berne, we see an ancient representation of the last judgment.

The Bishop, in presenting this gift, told the clergy, “that he hoped to have their prayers at the last judgment.”

Small wonder indeed, that it should be thought by the credulous that the end of the world, the Last Judgment, had truly come.

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