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eschata

eschata is the plural of eschaton.

Meaning of eschaton

Noun

eschaton (plural eschatons or eschata)

  1. The apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
    • Near-synonyms: Revelation, Armageddon
  2. (broadly) An end or fulfilment of history in general.
    • immanentize the eschaton
    Synonyms:
    end of history

Questions about eschata

What is eschata the plural of?
Eschata is the plural of eschaton.

Words near eschata in the dictionary

  1. escharotics
  2. escharotomies
  3. escharotomy
  4. escharred
  5. eschars
  6. eschata
  7. eschatocol
  8. eschatocols
  9. eschatologic
  10. eschatological
  11. eschatologically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eschata (page history and authors); eschaton (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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