Second Adventism
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
second1 /ˈsɛk(ə)nd/
- 1 constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd.
■ secondly.
■ (seconds) informal a second course or second helping of food at a meal.
■ denoting someone or something reminiscent of a better-known predecessor: the conflict could turn into a second Vietnam.
- 2 subordinate or inferior in position, rank, or importance.
■ Brit. a place in the second grade in an examination for a university degree.
■ Music performing a lower or subordinate of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice.
■ (seconds) goods of an inferior quality.
■ coarse flour, or bread made from it.
- 3 Music an interval spanning two consecutive notes in a diatonic scale.
■ the note which is higher by this interval than the tonic of a diatonic scale or root of a chord.
- 4 an attendant assisting a combatant in a duel or boxing match.
- 5 a Cub or Brownie who assists the Sixer.
- 1 formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution) before adoption or further discussion.
■ express agreement with.
- 2 archaic support; back up.
second to none the best, worst, fastest, etc.
seconder noun,
secondly adverb.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
second2 /ˈsɛk(ə)nd/
- 1 (abbrev.: s or ʺ) a sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the SI unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a caesium-133 atom.
■ informal a very short time.
- 2 (also arc second or second of arc) a sixtieth of a minute of angular distance. (Symbol: ʺ)
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
second3 /sɪˈkɒnd/
secondee /-ˈdiː/ noun,
secondment noun.

