Adventist

[ ad-ven-tist, ad-ven- ]

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noun

Also called Second Adventist. a member of any of certain Christian denominations that maintain that the Second Advent of Christ is imminent.

adjective

of or relating to Adventists.

Adventist

/ ˈædvɛntɪst; ˈædvən- /

noun

a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Adventist¹

First recorded in 1835–45; Advent + -ist

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But he missed his Dec. 4 court date and instead appeared at Feather River Adventist School near Oroville, Calif. armed with a ghost gun.

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Sheriff Honea previously said investigators "have received some information that leads us to believe that the subject responsible for the shooting targeted this school because of its affiliation with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church".

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The shooting took place at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, roughly 70 miles north of Sacramento, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news alert shortly before 2 p.m.

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The story followed a day in the lives of three elders in Sardinia, Okinawa, and Loma Linda, an Adventist community in California.

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Families of the victims settled a civil negligence suit against the Southeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and La Sierra Academy for an undisclosed amount in 2023, the plaintiff’s attorney, Bobby Thompson, told The Times.

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