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Par⋅ou⋅si⋅a

  [puh-roo-zee-uh, -see-uh, pahr-oo-see-uh]
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–noun
1. advent (def. 4).
2. (lowercase) Platonism. the presence in any thing of the idea after which it was formed.
Origin:
1870–75; < Gk parousía a being present, presence, equiv. to par- par- + ous- (s. of ôn, prp. of eînai to be) + -ia -ia
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2008: God's Last Warning
The downfall of the US has begun with economic collapse being first
www.the-end.com
Par·ou·si·a   (pär'ōō-sē'ə, pə-rōō'zē-ə)   
n.  The Second Coming.

[Greek parousiā, presence, Parousia, from parousa, feminine present participle of pareinai, to be present : para-, beside; see para-1 + einai, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]
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