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Meaning of world to come | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The Jewish afterlife or mythic future, usually thought to occur after the coming of the Messiah, in which the righteous are rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked punished for their evil deeds.
    Judaism
  2. Any of various other afterlives in different theologies and mythologies.

Examples

“If their bodies were ill-used, the animals of that species would not allow⟳ themselves to be taken, neither in this world nor in the world to come⟳.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

World Trade World Trade Center World Trade Organisation World Trade Organization world tree World Turtle

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