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gaincoming

gaincoming noun: return; a coming again; second coming or advent.

Noun

gaincoming (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Return; a coming again; second coming or advent.
    • The mass he meant to impugn was "not the blissed institution of the Lord Jesus, which he hath commanded to be used in his kirk, to his gaincoming, but that which is cropen in into the kirk visible, without all approbation of ye word of God."1864, James Paterson, History of the counties of Ayr and Wigton: Volume 2
    • [...] has in the last days revealed from the bosom of His Father, whereof He made His apostles messengers, and which they preached and established among His faithful till the 'gaincoming of our Lord Jesus Christ; [...]1867, Alexander Taylor Innes, The law of creeds in Scotland

Origin of gaincoming

From gain- + coming. Compare gaincome and gainsay.

Questions about gaincoming

What does gaincoming mean?
Gaincoming means return; a coming again; second coming or advent.
What part of speech is gaincoming?
Gaincoming is a noun.

Words near gaincoming in the dictionary

  1. gainage
  2. gainand
  3. gainaxing
  4. gainbirth
  5. gainbite
  6. gaincoming
  7. gaincope
  8. gaincoped
  9. gaincopes
  10. gaincoping
  11. gained

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