ELEVENTH HOUR


Meaning of ELEVENTH HOUR in English

noun

Etymology: so called from the parable of the vineyard (Mt 20:1-16) where laborers hired at the “eleventh hour” are paid the same wage as those hired early in the day

: the latest possible time

perceived the danger of it at the eleventh hour — Louis Eisenmann

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