WHAT’S IN A NAME: ESKATON? What do a defunct vanity record label, a neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a French rock band have in common?
Each shares the name “Eskaton,” the same as the aging services provider in Northern California (www.eskaton.org).
Liberally translated from ancient Greek, “Eskaton” means “dawn of a new day,” which aptly represents an organization with a vision to transform the aging experience.
As for the origin of the other uses, it might just be the alternate explanation -- that it is a cool sounding word.
George Gilder sent me here. Discovery.org
ReplyDeleteDawn of a new day? I looked it up. More like the end of your days! Not a good name for an elderly home. Sounds the same, but spelled with a ch. It’s Greek and there is no English meaning the way you spelled it.
ReplyDeleteNoun1. eschaton - (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 liveseschaton - (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
crack of doom, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christ