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millenarian, a. and n.|mɪlɪˈnɛərɪən|
Also 8–9 millennarian.
[f. L. millēnārius (see millenary) + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the millennium; holding the doctrine of the millennium.
1631Heylin St. George 46 So the Papists adore Papias a Millenarian Hereticke. 1785Gentl. Mag. LV. 392 Those Millennarians, believing the certainty of Christ's second coming, and his Millennarian Kingdom, lived not the holy life enjoined them. 1853W. H. Goold in Owen's Wks. XI. 3 Goodwin may have held some millenarian views akin to the notion of a fifth monarchy.
b. Suited or appropriate to a millenarian.
1684T. Burnet Th. Earth ii. 175 As to the epistle of Barnabas,..the genius of it is very much millenarian.
2. In the etymological sense: Relating or pertaining to a thousand.
In mod. Dicts.
B. n. One who holds or believes that Christ will reign on earth in person for a thousand years; a believer in the millennium.
[1552Articles of Religion xli, Thei that goe aboute to renewe the fable of heretickes called Millenarii, be repugnant..to holie Scripture.] a1674Clarendon Surv. Leviath. (1676) 221 He makes his Reign longer upon Earth than ever the Millenarians imagin'd. 1787Minor iv. ii. 206 Was I a millenarian, I probably should not hesitate to pronounce it the spot intended for the thousand years enjoyment after the day of judgment. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 318/1 The millennarians of the ancient church. 1890Spectator 6 Sept. 305 It is hard to be honestly contemptuous of a convinced Millenarian. |