Doomsday

Doomsday
    n 1: (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon
         when God will decree the fates of all individual humans
         according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn:
         {Judgment Day}, {Judgement Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {Day of
         Judgement}, {Doomsday}, {Last Judgment}, {Last Judgement},
         {Last Day}, {eschaton}, {day of reckoning}, {doomsday},
         {crack of doom}, {end of the world}]
    2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of
       the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's
       unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: {doom},
       {doomsday}, {day of reckoning}, {end of the world}]
    

Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d?mes d[=a]g. See {Doom}, and
   {Day}.]
   1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My
      body's doomsday." --Shak.
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   2. The day of the final judgment.
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            I could not tell till doomsday.       --Chaucer.
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   {Doomsday Book}. See {Domesday Book}.
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