noun
- advent(def 4).
- (lowercase) Platonism. the presence in any thing of the idea after which it was formed.
noun
- Christianity another term for the Second Coming
n.“Second Coming,” a reference to Matt. xxiv:27, 1875, from Greek parousia, literally “presence,” from para- (see para- (1)) + ousia “essence,” from on, genitive ontos, present participle of einai “to be” (see ion).