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YoMeaning | Today's featured word - Eschatology

noun Eschatology es-kuh-tol-uh-jee a branch of theology concerning last, or final matters, as death, the Judgment, the future state, the final events in the history of the world or of humankind. . . Share: .

YoMeaning | Today's featured word - Prefecture

noun Prefecture pree-fek-cher the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect. Japan is divided into 47 prefectures "todōfuken".In 1868, the Meiji Fuhanken sanchisei administration created the first prefectures (urban -fu and rural -ken) to replace the urban and rural administrators (bugyō, daikan, etc.) in the parts of the country previously controlled directly by the shogunate. . . Share: ...