millenarian

Noun · Adjective

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Noun (1)

  1. a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)Synonyms: millenaristchiliastType of optimist

Adjective (1)

  1. relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happinessSynonyms: chiliastic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mil′le·na′ri·an adjective

Origin: See Millenary.

Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians.


Mil′le·na′ri·an noun

One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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