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Definition of Adventist
1. Noun. A member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ.
Definition of Adventist
1. n. One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists.
Definition of Adventist
1. Noun. One who believes in the Second Advent (usually known as the Second coming) of Jesus; a millenarian. ¹
2. Noun. A member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ¹
3. Adjective. Relating to believers in the Second Advent of Jesus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adventist
Literary usage of Adventist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Education in Africa: A Study of West, South, and Equatorial Africa by the by Thomas Jesse Jones (1922)
"SEVENTH DAT adventist SCHOOLS The adventist organization maintains one boarding
school with 41 pupils and five small bush schools with 69 pupils. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"... ability t*i labor diminished one-half, Byrd v. Texas Midland R. Co. — lex.
Civ. App. —, 99 SW 734; —$200—ordained adventist preacher, 4ti years of ..."
3. History of Littleton, New Hampshire by George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson (1905)
"... adventist, AND CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. THE first minister to locate in this town,
the Rev. David Goodall, was followed within two years by the Rev. ..."
4. Addresses on the Civil Sabbath from a Patriotic and Humanitarian Standpoint by Wilbur Fisk Crafts (1890)
"THE SEVENTH-DAY adventist PETITION TO CONGRESS. In opposition to the great petition
for a National Sunday Rest Law. the Seventh Day adventista are ..."
5. Yearbook of American Churches: 1st -40th Issue; 1915-1972 by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (1922)
"In 1845, however, there was a general organization of the adherents of the
adventist doctrine. At a Conference, held in Albany, New York, in April, 1845, ..."
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