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| Parousia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Par·ou·si·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pär  -s   , p-rz- |
| NOUN: | The Second Coming. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek parousi , presence, Parousia, from parousa, feminine present participle of pareinai, to be present : para-, beside; see para–1 + einai, to be; see es- in Appendix I.
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