Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who believes in the temporary punishment of the impenitent after death, but in the final restoration of all to holiness and the favor and presence of God. See
Universalism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
supporter ofrestorationism . - noun religion One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favour and presence of God; a
Universalist .
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Examples
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Sunstein, like most New Dealers (at least in public) offers a more "restorationist" account, in which the Court returns to the correct understanding of federal power set out by John Marshall in Gibbons.
Balkinization 2006
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In his religious life, Harris did not attend church but instead believed in the "restorationist" ideal, and looked for the return of
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In his religious life, Harris did not attend church but instead believed in the "restorationist" ideal, and looked for the return of
WN.com - Articles related to Virus Ravages Cassava Plants in Africa 2010
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Yet the need is not for a "restorationist" project.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009
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At times there's almost a "restorationist" impulse here.
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"restorationist" ideal, and looked for the return of Christianity as described in the Bible.
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"restorationist" ideal, and looked for the return of Christianity as described in the Bible.
WN.com - Articles related to Virus Ravages Cassava Plants in Africa 2010
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For Tocqueville the threat was terrifyingly local: his great-grandfather had defended Louis XVI at trial and paid for it at the guillotine; his parents, too, were each sentenced to die, spared only by the execution of Robespierre, and his restorationist father brought young Alexis to Paris to celebrate, spitefully, the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.
The Visitor 2010
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Over the last half century populism has drifted steadily rightward, becoming ever more restorationist and ever less transformative, ever more anti-collectivist and ever less anti-capitalist.
Steve Fraser: History's Mad Hatters: The Strange Career of Tea Party Populism Steve Fraser 2010
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If the Foreign Secretary is perceived to be merely the front man for a restorationist faction, he is doomed.
John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2008
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