Definition of premillennial in English:
premillennial
adjective ˌpriːmɪˈlɛnɪəlˌprēməˈlenēəl
1Existing or occurring before a new millennium.
Example sentencesExamples
- But I do see it as allied to premillennial thinking, and that's even before you get to the Israel issue.
- What we have here is a major player in the premillennial cultural pool, and a loose-knit movement of folks who aim to change the world - while having the best time of their lives.
2Christian Theology
Relating to or believing in premillennialism.
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- In principle, one can be a Protestant fundamentalist without being a premillennial dispensationalist.
- Both Irving and Lacunza were premillennial but historicists.
- The writer is dispensational and premillennial in outlook, and seems to know little of Reformed writers or their thinking.
- Darby is credited with bringing premillennial dispensationalism to the United States.
- For churches that do not endorse a premillennial eschatology the emphasis is on the present, and other-worldly eschatological discussions are largely absent.