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millennialism

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mil⋅len⋅ni⋅al⋅ism

  [mi-len-ee-uh-liz-uhm]
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–noun
a belief in the millennium.
Also called mil⋅le⋅nar⋅i⋅an⋅ism  [mil-uh-nair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] .

Origin:
1905–10; millennial + -ism

Related forms:
mil⋅len⋅ni⋅al⋅ist, noun
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mil·len·ni·um   (mə-lěn'ē-əm)   
n.   pl. mil·len·ni·a (-lěn'ē-ə) or mil·len·ni·ums

  1. A span of one thousand years.

  2. A thousand-year period of holiness mentioned in Revelation 20, during which Jesus and his faithful followers are to rule on earth.

  3. A hoped-for period of joy, serenity, prosperity, and justice.

  4. A thousandth anniversary.


[New Latin mīllennium : Latin mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots + Latin annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]
mil·len'ni·al (-əl) adj., mil·len'ni·al·ism n., mil·len'ni·al·ist n., mil·len'ni·al·ly adv.
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