FIFTH-MONARCHY MEN

a sect of politico-religious enthusiasts who during the Protectorate of Cromwell a umed to be ‘‘subjects only of King Jesus.” They considered the revolution as the introduction to the jfifih great monarchy which was to succeed to the four great kingdoms of Antichrist mentioned by Daniel (the A yrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman), and during which Christ was to reign on earth 1,000 years.