adjective
- relating to or believing in a future thousand-year period of peace and prosperity
Usage: religious
noun
- a person who believes in a coming millennium of peace and prosperity
Usage: religious
Examples
- The millenarian sect believed Christ would return to establish a thousand-year kingdom.
- Many millenarian movements emerged during times of social upheaval.
- The preacher’s millenarian theology attracted devoted followers.
- As a millenarian, she expected the world to be transformed soon.
- The millenarian predicted that paradise on earth was imminent.
- Millenarian beliefs often flourish during periods of crisis.