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millennium

millennium

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A predicted one thousand-year period in Christianity when Christ rules on earth
  • noun
  • /mɪˈlɛniəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : milenio
  • Burr believed that the millennium would come not as a progressive triumph but through divine deliverance in times of future darkness.
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • usher in the millennium

They believe in millennialism, which is the Millennium reign of Christ, the literal thousand year reign of Christ.

Examples

  • The prophecy describes a millennium during which Christ will reign over the faithful.

  • They believe in millennialism, which is the Millennium reign of Christ, the literal thousand year reign of Christ.

    Alex O'Connor

  • People believed that the millennium was at hand.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Tonight, with this new millennium, God will begin to overcome this evil.

    Belly (1998)

  • We wait for the millennium and for Elijah.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The great battle of Armageddon is coming, the Millennium, and Judgment Day.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Lenshina made promises of the Millennium, saying Jesus would visit her followers when the Lumpa cathedral was completed.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Mason stopped celebrating the Eucharist and began to preach exclusively on the coming millennium.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Many Christians believe that the millennium will be a time of peace and prosperity on earth.

  • As we study the scriptures, we learn about the significance of the millennium in Christian eschatology.

Surface Forms

millennium singular
millennia plural

Etymology

Millennium comes from the Latin words mille 'a thousand' and annus 'year'. In Christian writing the millennium is a predicted 'thousand-year' period when Christ will rule on earth, which is why the word means that long reign.