Last Judgment


nounTheology.
  1. in some religions, the final trial of all people, both the living and dead, at the end of the world.

Origin of Last Judgment

1
First recorded in 1550–60
  • Also called Final Judgment .

Words Nearby Last Judgment

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How to use Last Judgment in a sentence

  • Small wonder indeed, that it should be thought by the credulous that the end of the world, the Last Judgment, had truly come.

British Dictionary definitions for Last Judgment

Last Judgment

noun
  1. 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, Judgment Day

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