Parousian
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to the second coming of Christ.
"We may dismiss at once the extremists of both types: those on the one hand whose laxity of conviction or conduct defended even attendance at the degrading public spectacles … and those who from extreme parousian standpoints made life of any sort practically impossible."
Example
More examples"We may dismiss at once the extremists of both types: those on the one hand whose laxity of conviction or conduct defended even attendance at the degrading public spectacles … and those who from extreme parousian standpoints made life of any sort practically impossible."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”).