Seventh-Day Adventist

American  

noun

1. a member of an Adventist Christian denomination that makes Saturday the chief day of rest and religious observance.

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Seventh-Day Adventist British  

noun

1. Protestant theol a member of that branch of the Adventists which constituted itself as a separate body after the expected Second Coming of Christ failed to be realized in 1844. They are strongly Protestant, believe that Christ's coming is imminent, and observe Saturday instead of Sunday as their Sabbath

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Etymology

Origin of Seventh-Day Adventist

1875–80

Example Sentences

A two-story hangar and grassy runway are situated among 400 acres of cultivated fields and grow houses owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

From The Wall Street Journal

The liberal Justice William Brennan began to chip away at that settled understanding in a 1963 case awarding unemployment benefits to a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church whose religious scruples prevented her from taking otherwise available work on Saturdays.

From Slate

Sheriff Honea previously said investigators "have received some information that leads us to believe that the subject responsible for the shooting targeted this school because of its affiliation with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church".

From BBC

He previously noted authorities believed the shooting was an isolated incident, but a state-wide alert was sent to other schools affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church out of an abundance of caution.

From BBC

Matthew Daniel Johnson, 34, was a school counselor at La Sierra Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist private school in Riverside, from 2016 to 2020.

From Los Angeles Times