Last Judgment

Last Judgment

n.

In Christianity and certain other religious traditions, the final judgment by God of all humankind.

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Last Judgment

n

(Theology) 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 as: the Last Day, Doomsday or Judgment Day

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Last′ Judg′ment

n.

the final trial of all people, both the living and dead, at the end of the world.

[1550–60]

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Last Judgment - (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 crack of doom, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, eschaton, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible day - some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"

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