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millenarian
[ mil-uh-nair-ee-uhn ]
adjective
- of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
- of or relating to the millennium, especially of Christian prophecy, or millennialism:
millenarian zeal.
noun
- a believer in the coming of the millennium.
millenarian
/ ˌmɪlɪˈnɛərɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to a thousand or to a thousand years
- of or relating to the millennium or millenarianism
noun
- an adherent of millenarianism
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- mil·le·nar·i·an·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of millenarian1
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Example Sentences
From the evidence available so far, it strikes me that the arrested men are probably more millenarian in outlook.
She had become enamoured of those millenarian opinions which laid hold of so many some twenty-five or thirty years ago.
He held millenarian views, and was the founder of a school of theologians who were called after him Cocceians.
When Islm entered upon the tenth century of its existence, there was throughout Persia and India a millenarian movement.
She had become deeply impressed with the millenarian fervour which laid hold of so many some twenty-five or thirty years ago.
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