parusia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones.

Word forms

parusia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”).

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