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Webster 1913 Edition


Parousia


Pa-rou′si-a

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]. See
Parusia
.]
(a)
The nativity of our Lord.
(b)
The last day.
Shipley.

Definition 2024


parousia

parousia

English

Noun

parousia

  1. The second coming of Christ.
    • 1948, CS Lewis, ‘Notes on the Way’:
      Only one wearing the masculine uniform can (provisionally, and till the Parousia) represent the Lord to the Church: for we are all, corporately and individually, feminine to Him.

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