Noun : the imminence of war. From Dictionary.com.
I understand the idea of imminency in regards to the fact that it could occur at any time pre-trib, even months or years before the tribulation period. From Wordnik.com. [The Omega Letter] Reference
His career as editor had been long enough, however, for him to impress upon the minds of the French public the imminency of the Prussian Peril. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting France] Reference
And I think the openness to the press helps create this imminency here of, "You better make a decision, insurgents; that this decision will be made.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2004] Reference
And most importantly, the politics of imminency, especially when attached to a government, or a politician who claims to act on behalf of the Mahdi, “must yield superior results.”. From Wordnik.com. [Let the Swords Encircle Me] Reference
Indeed, when powerful state actors view the law with indifference, if not outright abhorrence, the tyrannical threat presented is of much greater imminency and strength than that of terrorism. From Wordnik.com. [Prosecution and Pharisaism: From Pinochet to Bush] Reference
Essentially, tree planting is one method of staving off the imminency of consequence, but really just delaying the problem and avoiding the real solutions - George Monbiot, an English environmentalist and writer, argues all offsetting fits this depiction, comparing the concept to purchasing Indulgences in the Middle Ages, whereby citizens would buy forgiveness for their sins as opposed to actually not sinning. From Wordnik.com. [Carbon Offsetting] Reference
However, I don't understand how imminency is instantly disregarded once the tribulation begins. From Wordnik.com. [The Omega Letter] Reference
To impress the people with the imminency of the peril, the priests displayed a sacred image from whose eyes flowed miraculous tears. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
Having barely escaped this danger, our attention was now directed to the dreadful imminency of another -- that of absolute starvation. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3] Reference
"To the garrison!" shouted some of the foremost of those who first saw the nature and imminency of the danger, pressing forward themselves in the direction of the fortified house. From Wordnik.com. [The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish] Reference
Mrs. Budd and Biddy, which were extorted by the closer and closer approach of the sharks, proclaimed the imminency of the danger they ran, and the importance of not losing a moment of time. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Tier; Or, the Florida Reef] Reference
The young Pawnee rolled his eye over the place, as if he were examining the terrific danger from which he had just escaped, but he disdained to betray the smallest emotion, at its imminency. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie] Reference
In the mean time the sudden appearance, and the imminency of the danger, quickened the blood in the veins of Paul and Middleton, more than all their laborious frictions, and physical expedients. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie] Reference
Seeing the imminency of the danger, and that money, well applied, is often more efficacious than the conqueror's sword, the King's Ministers were anxious that he should devote a part of his savings to the carrying on of the war. From Wordnik.com. [Burlesques] Reference
The females had buried their faces in the folds of the vestments and clothes on which they were sitting; nor did even the governess raise her countenance until twice assured by her companion that the imminency of the risk was past. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Rover] Reference
Rose held out her arms entreatingly, and the screams of Mrs. Budd and Biddy, which were extorted by the closer and closer approach of the sharks, proclaimed the imminency of the danger they ran, and the importance of not losing a moment of time. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Tier] Reference
She succeeds, in a measure, and Agathe confesses that she had felt a premonition of danger ever since a pious Hermit, to whom she had gone for counsel in the course of the day, had warned her of the imminency of a calamity which he could not describe. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music] Reference
Thou wilt say, "Behold, we knew it not; we were not aware of the imminency of the danger the person was in; we could not be sure that he was innocent, nor did we know how to prove his innocence, nor which way to do any thing in favour of him, else we would have helped him.". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Seeing the imminency of the danger, and that money, well applied, is often more efficacious than the conqueror’s sword, the King’s Ministers were anxious that he should devote a part of his savings to the carrying on of the war. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Next French Revolution] Reference
There is, besides, so strong a current of American trade with Buenos Ayres, that the presumption is, from the very fact that this wool was going to New York in an American barque, under the imminency of capture, which our presence in these seas -- well known at Buenos Ayres when the barque sailed -- must have shown, that the property is American, and that the certificate is an attempt to cover it; Mr. Armstrong probably being a brother or a partner in the transaction with some American house. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter] Reference
"regulation") and the imminency of the crises. From Wordnik.com. [Watching the Watchers] Reference
Immediateness, imminency, hazardous urgency, swiftness, alarms, are written all over the book. From Wordnik.com. [The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life] Reference
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