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Definition of Millenarist
1. Noun. A person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Millenarist
Literary usage of Millenarist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ghebers of Hebron: An Introduction to the Gheborim in the Lands of the by Samuel Fales Dunlap (1894)
"... which tired the patience of Eusebius when he read these ancient and millenarist
authors, such as Papias, were the true primitive Christianism. ..."
2. Nonconformity in Herts: Being Lectures on the Nonconforming Worthies of St by William Urwick (1884)
"... name in his list of rectors: "One Sherwin, a rascally millenarist [sic], was
intruded here in that Cromwell's days ; went out 24th August, 1662. ..."
3. Learning to Live Drug Free: A Curriculum Model for Prevention by Charles H. Flatter, Kathleen Ann McCormick (1994)
"With this background, the policy intent of the United States to remove all
agricultural subsidies by the year 2000 smacks of pure millenarist delusion. ..."
4. Emerging Systemic Risks in the 21st Century: An Agenda for Action by OECD., (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, OECD International Futures Programme (2003)
"... on the one hand and nationalism and ethnicism on the other, it now covers
religious fundamentalism, millenarist cults and other forms of fanaticism. ..."
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