Parusia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parusia \Pa*ru"si*a\ (p[.a]*r[udd]"zh[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr.
     Gr. paroysi`a presence, fr. parei^nai to be present; para`
     beside + e'i^nai to be.] (Rhet.)
     A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead
     of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of
     past, or in the prediction of future, events.


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