parousia

Questions about parousia

What does parousia mean?

parousia means "(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment".

How many syllables are in parousia?

parousia has 4 syllables and divides as pa-ro-u-sia under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for parousia?

Close synonyms include Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parousia a common word?

parousia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.