latter-day

[ lat-er-dey ]

/ ˈlæt ərˌdeɪ /

of a later or following period: latter-day pioneers.

of the present period or time; modern: the latter-day problems of our society.

Origin of latter-day

First recorded in 1835–45; latter + day

Think of a latter-day Americanized version of Downton Abbey—where everyone knows his or her place, and our betters look best.

‘Downton Abbey’ Democrats May Cost their Party the Senate |Lloyd Green |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Every decent liberal should defend his right to speak against the latter-day totalitarians who denied it yesterday.

Brown University’s Campus Liberals vs. Free Speech |Peter Beinart |October 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
An influential young pro-Kremlin politician is trying to get the Latter-day Saints banned from the country.

Russia’s Anti-Mormon Campaign |Anna Nemtsova |December 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This is an inexplicable case of lame and latter-day rather than rapid response.

R.I.P., Mitt Romney |Robert Shrum |November 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Already, with the use of his face on T-shirts and placards, Assange is beginning to resemble some latter-day digital Che Guevara.

Assange Makes His Case in London Embassy Speech |Peter Jukes |August 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And now I wake to find myself leagued with the Empson and Dudley of our latter-day law courts.

Orley Farm |Anthony Trollope
At the close of the fourth probationary year, the plates and accessories were given into the custody of the latter-day seer.

The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays |James E. Talmage
How little the outside world know of these things, or of the faith of the Latter-day Saints!

A String of Pearls |Various
These writers possessed in an eminent degree the faculty called by latter-day scholars the imaginative in history-writing.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 |Hubert Howe Bancroft
That had been able to gather and arrange within itself the various elements of latter-day paganism.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 |Various

latter-day

present-day; modern