Jehovah's Witnesses

American  

noun

1. a Christian sect, founded in the U.S. in the late 19th century, that believes in the imminent destruction of the world's wickedness and the establishment of a theocracy under God's rule.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Cultural  

1. A religious denomination that expects the millennium to begin within a very few years. Jehovah's Witnesses insist on the use of Jehovah as a name for God. They deny the doctrine of the Trinity and consider Jesus to be the greatest of the witnesses of Jehovah.

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Example Sentences

Doctrine forbids Jehovah's Witnesses, as Jones was then, from receiving blood transfusions in almost all circumstances.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Jehovah's Witnesses has updated its policy on blood transfusions to allow members to have their own blood removed, stored, and "given back" in medical procedures.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Born in 1952 in Cincinnati, Lemon grew up in Minneapolis in a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Growing up in the South Wales village of Aberbargoed, he accompanied his mother on door-knocking duties, an obligation of their Jehovah’s Witnesses religion.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

The Nazis targeted additional groups, as well—the Romani, Jehovah’s Witnesses, people in the gay community, people with disabilities, Russians, Poles, political opponents, and others.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly