latter-day
Syllables: lat·ter-dayUK/ˈlætə(ɹ)deɪ//ˈlæt̬əɹ deɪ/
latter-day adjective: modern, recent.
Adjective
latter-day (not comparable)
- Modern, recent.
- He thinks of himself as a latter-day knight errant, out on a quest fighting dragons. It’s not very practical, but it is romantic.
- Enquirer: Sir, I understand you are a member of the Church called Latter-Day Saints. Why is the Church called by that name? / Saint: The term Saint is as old as Adam, and has been in use in all ages and dispensations as a sacred name applied to the people of God by inspiration, but more especially...1842 January, “Dialogue between a Saint and an Enquirer after Truth”, in P[arley] P[arker] Pratt, editor, The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, volume II, number 9, Manchester: Printed by W....
- Of or relating to the last days or end times in various eschatologies.
latter-day meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
latter-day in Tamil
- அணிமைக் காலத்துக்குரிய
latter-day in Malayalam
- modern, present-day, current
- ഇക്കാലത്തുള്ള, ഇപ്പോഴുള്ള, ആധുനിക, നവീന, നവ, പരിഷ്കൃത
Examples of latter-day in a sentence
- Enquirer: Sir, I understand you are a member of the Church called Latter-Day Saints.1842 January, “Dialogue between a Saint and an Enquirer after Truth”, in P[arley] P[arker] Pratt, editor, The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial...
- These latter-day visitors were followed by the invaders of the Bronze Age, and all found their way, in due time, to the Wookey Hole (or holes), for many bronze implements and ornaments were found.1922 April, C. J. Vine, “Wookey Hole: Britain’s remarkable prehistoric remains”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XLV, part 6, London: "Boy's...
- On the other hand, the self-cleaning smokebox belongs to the latter-day period of the L.M.S.R., when the visiting U.S.A. 2-8-0s of the war had awakened an interest in such things.1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:
- A trait of latter-day steam power on Canadian Pacific was the recessed headlight, illustrated on the engine of Extra 2380 East running between Swift Current and Moose Jaw, Sask., in December 1956.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 114 (photo caption):
Forms of latter-day
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Origin of latter-day
From latter (“close or closer to the present time”) + day.
Words formed from latter-day
Phrases with latter-day
Questions about latter-day
- What does latter-day mean?
- Latter-day means modern, recent.
- What is latter-day in Tamil?
- Latter-day in Tamil is அணிமைக் காலத்துக்குரிய. See Latter-day meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use latter-day in a sentence?
- Enquirer: Sir, I understand you are a member of the Church called Latter-Day Saints.
- What part of speech is latter-day?
- Latter-day is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce latter-day?
- Latter-day is pronounced /ˈlætə(ɹ)deɪ/ (UK).
Words near latter-day in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: latter-day (page history and authors); latter-day (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); latter-day (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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