millenarian
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- noun
- /ˌmɪləˈnɛriən/
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milenarista
- The answer may lie in the tension that often existed among millenarians between the desire to seek out a gathered community of like-minded people and the desire to focus on their own unique connection with God.
Examples
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Millenarians face a problem when it comes to fixing the date; the Gospel of St. Matthew says that "no one knows the day and the hour, not even the angels in heaven."
Academic text (1996) -
Until recently, however, the overarching tone of the literature on Cyberspace has been less ethnographic than millenarian.
Academic text (2004) -
Later, Melanesian millenarian groups await a savior who will bring them goods that will usher them into modernity and into a superior status to those Europeans who oppressed them.
Academic text (2008) -
Extremist millenarians would like to give history a push, helping create world-ending havoc replete with universal war, famine, pestilence, and other scourges.
Academic text (1996) -
Many millenarians gather regularly to discuss their hopes for a future of peace and harmony.
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In the community center, the millenarians shared their visions of the coming golden age.
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As a millenarian, she firmly believes that a time of prosperity and joy is approaching for all humanity.
Synonyms
A person who believes a coming time will bring great peace, often for religious reasons
A person who believes a future thousand-year period of peace will come for religious reasons
Surface Forms
Morphology
millenarian = millennium (transparent) = millennium + arian
The noun 'millenarian' is transparently formed from 'millennium' + '-arian', denoting a person who holds beliefs about a millennium.
Etymology
Millenarian comes from millennium, from the Latin mille 'thousand' and annus 'year'. A millenarian is a person who believes a future 'thousand-year' time of peace will come, so the noun means someone with that belief.