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

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

He was 19 when he came out to his parents, who are practising Jehovah's Witnesses to this day.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

In it, Evans revealed a lot of previously unknown stories of growing up in a strict Jehovah’s Witnesses household, struggling with his sexual identity, performing musical theater and coming late to success.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

The Jehovah’s Witnesses held out, too, refusing to salute the Nazi flag even though it meant persecution.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti