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单词 millennian
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millenniann.adj.

Brit. /mᵻˈlɛnɪən/, U.S. /məˈlɛniən/
Forms: 1600s–1700s millenian, 1800s– millennian. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin millennium , -an suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin millennium millennium n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier millennianism n., millenarian adj. and n.On spelling variation see note s.v. millennium n.
A. n.
= millenarian n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > belief in coming of millennium > believer in
millenary1561
millenarist1645
millenarian1648
milliary1650
millenar1654
millennist1664
millennian1693
millenniary1810
millennianite1834
millenniumite1837
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse > believer in
millenary1561
chiliast1611
millenarist1645
millenarian1648
milliary1650
millenar1654
Fifth-monarchy man1655
millennist1664
millennian1693
Fifth-monarchist1736
millenniary1810
millennianite1834
millennialist1835
millenniumite1837
eschatologist1877
millenarianist1971
1693 Millennianism 22 The Millenians, unwilling their Opinion should have no better Father than Cerinthus,..derive its Pedigree from Men of much greater Honesty and Credit.
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xi. 230 Chiliasts, or Millenians..held that our Blessed Lord should reign on earth a thousand years.
1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy I. ii. iv. 370 The gradual corruption of the once holy millennians.
1999 Sunday Star Times (N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 20 June 4 A few years ago, most of us would never have heard the word millennium. Now there's millennian, believers in the millennium.
B. adj.
1. = millenarian adj. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [adjective] > apocalypse
lasta1225
millenary1577
chiliastic1622
millenarian1626
chiliasticala1638
millenar1654
millennial1660
apocalyptic1663
Fifth-monarchical1679
millenniarya1778
millennian1790
eschatological1854
millenarist1894
millennialist1952
millenarianist1986
1790 M. O. Warren Poems, Dramatic & Misc. 190 Methought this commonwealth would rise, And bright Millenian prospects struck my eyes.
1806 G. S. Faber Diss. Prophecies (1814) I. 51 The millennian reign of Christ upon earth.
1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions 193 A Millennian Kingdom upon Earth.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a period in which one millennium ends and another begins, esp. to associated feelings of expectation or apprehension and their cultural manifestations.Although undoubtedly informed by millenarian theological ideas, this sense refers specifically to the periods around the years 1000 and 2000.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years
millenary1604
triennal1611
Olympiadical1638
decennal1648
decennial1656
tricennial1656
octodesexcentenary1677
sexmillennial1690
sexmillenary1728
quinquennial1746
milliary1753
decennalian1794
millennial1807
chiliadal1816
enneaeteric1846
chiliadic1854
decennary1855
sexcentenary1864
millennian1873
tricentenary1882
tricentennial1883
Olympiadic1890
postmillennial1977
1873 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 (ed. 2) I. xii. 411 It [sc. the terror caused by the expectation of the end of the world in a.d. 1000] is known as the millennian panic.
1999 Newsday (Electronic ed.) 5 Apr. a28 But for all of the [Wall St.] Journal's antipathy to the Clinton presidency, the paper reflects the prevailing millennian decadence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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