ABSTRACT
Doomsday is a day of judgment and, in certain Christian thought, a precursor of the millennium. The word itself, however, appears nowhere in the Bible and can be used as well in an entirely secular context. The root word, dom (Old English), connotes judgment, a sentence, or destiny, and carries with it an undertone of fear or dread. Among the
Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-faiths which espouse a Doomsday-that judgment implies a personal and knowing act, such as the sentence a just judge might impose, and it is in this sense that the word is often used.
