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Millenarian definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MILLENA'RIAN, a. Consisting of a thousand years; pertaining to the millenium.
MILLENA'RIAN, n. A chiliast; one who believes in the millenium, and that Christ will reign on earth with his saints a thousand years before the end of the world.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness [syn: millenarian, chiliastic] n
1: a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) [syn: millenarian, millenarist, chiliast]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1626 1. a. of or relating to belief in a millennium b. apocalyptic 2 2. of or relating to 1000 years II. noun Date: 1661 one that believes in a millennium

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or related to the millennium. 2 believing in the millennium. --n. a person who believes in the millennium. Etymology: as MILLENARY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Millenarian Mil`le*na"ri*an, a. [See Millenary.] Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Millenarian Mil`le*na"ri*an, n. One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast.

Moby Thesaurus

Leibnizian, Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, aspirant, aspirer, bright, cheerful, chiliast, chiliastic, couleur de rose, hopeful, hoper, irrepressible optimist, millennialist, millennialistic, millennian, optimist, optimistic, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical optimist, ray of sunshine, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, sunny, upbeat, utopian