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millenarian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun millenarian has 1 sense
- millenarian(n = noun.person) chiliast, millenarist - a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity); Array is a kind of optimist
Adjective millenarian has 1 sense
- millenarian(a = adj.pert) chiliastic - relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
millenarian, a. [See Millenary.].
Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians. [1913 Webster]
millenarian, n.
One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
millenarian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or related to the millennium.
2 believing in the millennium.
--n. a person who believes in the millennium.
--adj.
1 of or related to the millennium.
2 believing in the millennium.
--n. a person who believes in the millennium.
Etymology
as MILLENARY
THESAURUS
millenarian
Leibnizian, Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, aspirant, aspirer, bright, cheerful, chiliast, chiliastic, couleur de rose, hopeful, hoper, irrepressible optimist, millennialist, millennialistic, millennian, optimist, optimistic, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical optimist, ray of sunshine, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, sunny, upbeat, utopian
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