millenarian

4 definitions found

millenarian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Millenarian \Mil`le*na"ri*an\, a. [See Millenary.]
     Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the
     millennium, or to the Millenarians.
     [1913 Webster]

  Millenarian \Mil`le*na"ri*an\, n.
     One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a
     thousand years; a Chiliast.
     [1913 Webster] Millenarianism

millenarian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  millenarian
      adj 1: relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and
             happiness [syn: millenarian, chiliastic]
      n 1: a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a
           time of great peace and prosperity) [syn: millenarian,
           millenarist, chiliast]

millenarian - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "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