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millenarian

/mil-uh-nair-ee-uhn/US // ˌmɪl əˈnɛər i ən //UK // (ˌmɪlɪˈnɛərɪən) //

千禧年人,千禧年,千禧年的人,千禧一代

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
    • : of or relating to the millennium, especially of Christian prophecy, or millennialism: millenarian zeal.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a believer in the coming of the millennium.

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Examples

  • From the evidence available so far, it strikes me that the arrested men are probably more millenarian in outlook.

  • She had become enamoured of those millenarian opinions which laid hold of so many some twenty-five or thirty years ago.

  • He held millenarian views, and was the founder of a school of theologians who were called after him Cocceians.

  • When Islm entered upon the tenth century of its existence, there was throughout Persia and India a millenarian movement.

  • She had become deeply impressed with the millenarian fervour which laid hold of so many some twenty-five or thirty years ago.