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ESCHATOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("eschatology" is a kind of...):
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
Derivation:
eschatological (of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world)
eschatologist (a theologian who specializes in eschatology)
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