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Eschatology

Esˊcha-tol′o-gy

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] the furthest, last +
-logy
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The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

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eschatology

eschatology

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Noun

eschatology (countable and uncountable, plural eschatologies)

  1. (countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
  2. (uncountable) The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse or the Last Judgment.

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