judgment seat

judgment seat
{n.} A place where you are judged; a place where justice and punishment are given out. * /Mrs. Smith is so bossy, she always acts as though she is in the judgment seat./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • Judgment seat — Judgment Judg ment, n. [OE. jugement, F. jugement, LL. judicamentum, fr. L. judicare. See {Judge}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • judgment seat — index bench, court, tribunal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • judgment seat — noun Usage: often capitalized J : the seat of judgment where all are to be tried in the presence of God at the time of the Last Judgment we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ 2 Cor 5:10 (Revised Standard Version) * * * judgment… …   Useful english dictionary

  • judgment seat — {n.} A place where you are judged; a place where justice and punishment are given out. * /Mrs. Smith is so bossy, she always acts as though she is in the judgment seat./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • judgment\ seat — noun A place where you are judged; a place where justice and punishment are given out. Mrs. Smith is so bossy, she always acts as though she is in the judgment seat …   Словарь американских идиом

  • Judgment seat —    (Matt. 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. bema) which was placed according as the magistrate might direct, and from which judgment was pronounced. In this case it was placed on a tesselated pavement, probably in front of the procurator s… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • judgment-seat — n. Tribunal, court, bar, bench …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • judgment seat —  Судилище …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • judgment seat —   Noho ho okolokolo …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • Judgment — Judg ment, n. [OE. jugement, F. jugement, LL. judicamentum, fr. L. judicare. See {Judge}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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