millenaristn.adj.
/ˈmɪlᵻn(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɪlənərəst/ A. n.
= millenarian n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > belief in coming of millennium > believer in
millenary1561
millenarist1645
millenarian1648
milliary1650
millenar1654
millennist1664
millennian1693
millenniary1810
millennianite1834
millenniumite1837
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse > believer in
millenary1561
chiliast1611
millenarist1645
millenarian1648
milliary1650
millenar1654
Fifth-monarchy man1655
millennist1664
millennian1693
Fifth-monarchist1736
millenniary1810
millennianite1834
millennialist1835
millenniumite1837
eschatologist1877
millenarianist1971
1645 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1870) I. 303 Truths Victory against Heresie; All sorts comprehended under these ten mentioned: 1. Papists..9. Millenarists [etc.].
1844 in E. B. Elliott Horæ Apoc. I. 21 The works of Irenæus and of other early millennarists.
1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound vii. 137 These Papuans are typical of all millenarists.
1971 Catholic Dict. Theol. III. 279 Justin..has been cited..as a Millenarist.
1994 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 31 July e3 A quarter of Pava's settlers are the suicidal Millenarists who profess to believe that the world is so evil that everyone should kill themselves.
B. adj.
= millenarian adj. 1.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [adjective] > apocalypse
lasta1225
millenary1577
chiliastic1622
millenarian1626
chiliasticala1638
millenar1654
millennial1660
apocalyptic1663
Fifth-monarchical1679
millenniarya1778
millennian1790
eschatological1854
millenarist1894
millennialist1952
millenarianist1986
1894 F. C. Conybeare Apol. Apollonius 287 They began to compromise with the world..and they laid up their old millenarist system of faith and morality.
1962 M. Eliade in S. L. Thrupp Millennial Dreams in Action iii. 143 The millenarist movements became savagely anti-Christian.
1971 Catholic Dict. Theol. III. 279 This is frankly Millenarist.
1997 Jerusalem Post (Electronic ed.) 4 Apr. 19 The numeric symmetry and mystic fervor of the millenarist idea gripped the imaginations of many Christian writers and sects throughout history, beginning soon after Jesus' death in about 33 CE.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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