Adventist

American  

[ad-ven-tist, ad-ven-] / ˈæd vɛn tɪst, ædˈvɛn- /

noun

1. Also called Second Adventist.  a member of any of certain Christian denominations that maintain that the Second Advent of Christ is imminent.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Adventists.

Adventist British  

/ ˈædvɛntɪst, ˈædvən- /

noun

1. a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent

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Other Word Forms

• Adventism noun

Etymology

Origin of Adventist

First recorded in 1835–45; Advent + -ist

Example Sentences

Another organ from County Durham was moved to a Seventh Day Adventist church in Homerton in east London.

From BBC

Horning said he grew up in a strict Seventh-day Adventist household in Northern California, forbidden from reading anything other than the Bible and approved nonfiction.

From The Wall Street Journal

New religious faiths sprung from the state’s rich soil: Shakers, Mormons, and Adventists, among others.

From Literature

Officers were called to Adventist Health Bakersfield at 10:50 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Amid its split with Adventist, Howard has restructured most of its leadership and appointed an interim president.

From The Wall Street Journal