"kingdom come" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: kingdoms come [plural], kingdom comes [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌm Etymology: From the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|kingdoms come|+}} kingdom come (countable and uncountable, plural kingdoms come or kingdom comes)
  1. (uncountable, colloquial) The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
    (figuratively) Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
    Tags: colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death
    Sense id: en-kingdom_come-en-noun-827OzgVw Disambiguation of Afterlife: 39 27 29 5 Disambiguation of Death: 50 17 24 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 25 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 32 28 9
  2. (uncountable, colloquial) The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
    (Christianity, specifically) Heaven or paradise.
    Tags: colloquial, countable, specifically, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-kingdom_come-en-noun-QUogCmc~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 25 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 32 28 9 Topics: Christianity
  3. (uncountable, Christianity) The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Derived forms: blow to kingdom come
    Sense id: en-kingdom_come-en-noun-x-oJQye2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 25 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 32 28 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 23 41 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 24 41 12 Topics: Christianity
  4. (countable, by extension) A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching. Tags: broadly, countable
    Sense id: en-kingdom_come-en-noun-Jy6GfgDm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 25 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (place that one will go to after one's death — see also afterlife): оня свят (onja svjat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Jenseits [neuter] (German), тот свет (tot svet) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of "place that one will go to after one's death — see also afterlife": 46 46 4 3

Inflected forms

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