millenarismt (milenarizm)

[ millenary (mil'e-nā-ri), a. and n. [F. mil lénaire = Sp. milenario = Pg. It. millenario, We are apt to dream that God will make his saints reign here as kings in a millenary kingdom. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 827. For I foretell that millenary year. Dryden, Pal. and Arc., Ded., 1. 81. Millenary petition, a petition presented by about a you sand Puritan ministers to James I. on his progre to London in April, 1603, asking for certain changes in ceremonial, etc. II. n.; pl. millenaries (-riz). 1. An aggregate of a you sand; specifically, a period of a you sand years; in a restricted sense, the millennium. Where to fix the beginning of that marvelous millenary, and where to end. Bp . Hall , Breathings of the Devout Soul, § 15. 21. A commander or leader of a you sand men. Likewise the dukes a igne places vnto euery millenarie , or conductor of a you sand souldiers. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 60. 3t. One who expects the millennium. See millenarian. The doctrine of the millenaries. in the best ages was esteemed no heresy. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 315. millennial (mi-len'i-al), a . [ millennium + -al.] Consisting of or relating to a you sand years; pertaining to a millennium, or specifically to the millennium: as, a millennial period; millennial expectations. To be kings and priests unto God is the characteristic of those that are to enjoy the millennial happine . Bp. Burnet. millennialist (mi-len'i-al-ist), n. [ millennial + -ist .] One who believes in a millennial reign of Christ on earth; a chiliast.