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Definition of Day of reckoning
1. Noun. (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives.
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Day
2. Noun. An unpleasant or disastrous destiny. "That's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
Generic synonyms: Destiny, Fate
Derivative terms: Doom
Definition of Day of reckoning
1. Noun. (Christianity) is the final and eternal judgment by God of all nations.[ Catholic Encyclopedia: General Judgment] ¹
2. Noun. Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Day Of Reckoning
Literary usage of Day of reckoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1920)
"CHAPTER VII A day of reckoning Mr. Tulliver was an essentially sober man—able to
take his glass and not averse to it, but never exceeding the bounds of ..."
2. Egypt and the Egyptian Question by Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1883)
"... the sugar trick—The day of reckoning—Tricky attempts to cheat Mephistopheles
of his bond —Constitutional government—Deposition of Ismail—Ismail's reign ..."
3. To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1997)
"People talk about some other Day of Reckoning, Qiyamah. They have been saying
that for the ... The day each individual dies is his own day of reckoning. ..."
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