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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
2.
of or pertaining to the millennium, especially of Christian prophecy, or millennialism: millenarian zeal.
noun
3.
a believer in the coming of the millennium.
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Millenarian
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Word Origin & History
millenarian
1550s, "one who believes in the coming of the (Christian) millennium," from L. millenarius (see millennium) + -ian. As an adj., from 1630s.
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