Judgment Day

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Judgment Day

1. In Judeo-Christian and Muslim traditions, the day at the end of the world when God judges the moral worth of individual humans or the whole human race. Also called Day of Judgment.

2. judgment day A day of reckoning or final judgment.

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Judgment Day

(Theology) the occasion of the Last (or General) Judgment by God at the end of the world. Also called: Day of Judgment See Last Judgment

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Judg′ment Day`

the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.

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Judgment Day - (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

crack of doom, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, eschaton, Judgement Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment

New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible

day - some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"

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Judgment Day

n → il giorno del giudizio

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He was sleeping like one who wakes only for the Judgment Day. Over his coat and waistcoat the other man's fingers travelled with curious dexterity.

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I made up my mind last summer, the time of the Judgment Day, that I'd be a Presbyterian, and I've got to stick to it.

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He could give you an answer to any question, even if you asked him when the Judgment Day was to be.

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"At the great judgment day," whispered the minister; and, strangely enough, the sense that he was a professional teacher of the truth impelled him to answer the child so.

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and, in the judgment day, I will stand up before God, a witness against those that have ruined me and my children, body and soul!

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Not till death--not after--not on judgment day when all shall be disclosed, thoughts and deeds, rewards and punishments, but the secret of hearts alone shall return, forever unknown, to the Inscrutable Creator of good and evil, to the Master of doubts and impulses.

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But even that refuge proved unavailing, for he was delivered over to the enemy, with a "Be gentle with him, John," which struck the culprit with dismay, for when Mamma deserted him, then the judgment day was at hand.

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O ye who tread the Narrow Way By Tophet-flare to judgment Day, Be gentle when 'the heathen' pray To Buddha at Kamakura!

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Camping says he has meticulously calculated - using a variety of biblical references - the May 21 date using the bible, although he incorrectly predicted Judgment Day would come in 1994.

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The process by which Camping originally identified May 21, 2011 as Judgment Day "is in no way definite," Fitzpatrick said.

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He added that The Judgment Day covers several contemporary social issues including neglected childhood, media ethics and drug abuse.

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The upcoming film will also see Hamilton return for the first time since 1991's 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day', and is billed as a direct follow-up to that film, ignoring the three Terminator movies that have hit since then.