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

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Etymology

Origin of Adventist

First recorded in 1835–45; Advent + -ist

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Example Sentences

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Adventist

In the late 1890s, John Harvey Kellogg, the director of a Seventh-day Adventist sanitarium in Battle Creek, Mich., wanted a vegetarian breakfast alternative to the bacon and eggs his clients were accustomed to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Adventist Health Study-2 found that men following a vegan diet had a 35% lower prostate cancer risk compared with men following a nonvegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, pesco-vegetarian, or semi-vegetarian diet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is a former lay preacher in the Methodist church, while Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is the devout son of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

The biggest building always seems to be the Pentecostal or Adventist church.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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