Fifth Monarchy Men

noun

, English History.

1. (during the Commonwealth in the 17th century) a militant sect of Puritans who identified the fifth monarchy with the millennial reign of Christ and who believed they should help to inaugurate that reign by force.

Example Sentences

Probably as yet these humble Fifth-Monarchy Men had not gone beyond private aspirations.

From Project Gutenberg

The uprising of the "Fifth-monarchy men" is the only other movement which calls for special allusion.

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