Seventh-Day Adventists

1. A denomination of Christians (see also Christian) who proclaim that the Second Coming of Jesus will occur in the very near future. Unlike practically all other Christians, they observe Saturday, rather than Sunday, as a Sabbath.

Example Sentences

There are one million members of the church in North America, according to the North American Division of Seventh-Day Adventists.

From BBC

The shooting took place at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, roughly 70 miles north of Sacramento, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news alert shortly before 2 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Families of the victims settled a civil negligence suit against the Southeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and La Sierra Academy for an undisclosed amount in 2023, the plaintiff’s attorney, Bobby Thompson, told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

Within a decade, he and other researchers had identified four more blue zones: small communities in Italy, Costa Rica and Greece as well as Loma Linda, Calif., which had a high proportion of Seventh-day Adventists, many of them vegetarians.

From New York Times

These sorts of activities are the norm in this region of San Bernardino County, particularly among the several thousand Seventh-day Adventists who constitute about a third of the population.

From Los Angeles Times