Day of Judgment

American  

noun

Theology.

1. Judgment Day.

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Day of Judgment British  

noun

1. another name for Judgment Day

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Etymology

Origin of Day of Judgment

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

And when the RSF finally took over the city in October last year, "It was like the Day of Judgment on Earth," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Twelvers hold that the twelfth and final imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, went into “mystical hiding” in the ninth century and will return, along with Jesus, to defeat evil on earth and herald the Day of Judgment.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Another prophecy mentions al-Sham, an old name for a region that includes modern Syria, as a “place of gathering” for the Day of Judgment.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2017

You might have thought the Day of Judgment was upon us, a mighty howling in the heavens and a shaking of the firmament, the thunder of falling trees.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2016

They were so loud, so tumultuous, for a brief moment I thought the Day of Judgment had arrived.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi