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		Definition of premillennialism in English: premillennialismnoun ˌpriːmɪˈlɛnɪəlɪz(ə)mˌprēməˈlenēəˌlizəm mass noun(among Christian fundamentalists) the doctrine that the prophesied millennium of blessedness will begin with the imminent Second Coming of Christ.  Example sentencesExamples -  During these years, many Protestants embraced a pessimistic premillennialism that predicted societal decline, undercut efforts at social reform, and emphasized individual evangelism, spirituality, and otherworldliness.
 -  In the churches of Christ the list features the institutional matters already mentioned, as well as pacifism, participation in governmental affairs (including voting), premillennialism, and divorce and remarriage.
 -  After the Civil War, a new kind of premillennialism, ‘dispensationalism, ‘gained popularity.’
 -  In the author's view, premillennialism is fundamentally flawed.
 -  The following are features of historic premillennialism.
 
 
 Derivatives   noun   What used to be a field dominated by premillennialists is now being visited by others.  Example sentencesExamples -  No sensible person who had visited the place once would want to return; thus he poked fun at the premillennialists of his day.
 -  Protestant premillennialists, particularly pretribulationists, believe they will be raptured before the tribulation, to be taken to a better place away from the world, while the unsaved will sadly, though justly, suffer.
 -  Holders of these positions are more inclined than premillennialists to interpret scripture symbolically, and do not consider the prophecies of scripture as literal predictions of the future.
 -  Unlike postmillennialists, who anticipated a gradual progress towards the millennium through Christian, human agencies, premillennialists looked for a sudden change through divine, cataclysmic action.
 
 
 
    Definition of premillennialism in US English: premillennialismnounˌprēməˈlenēəˌlizəm (among some Christian Protestants) the doctrine that the prophesied millennium of blessedness will begin with the imminent Second Coming of Christ. Compare with postmillennialism  Example sentencesExamples -  The following are features of historic premillennialism.
 -  In the author's view, premillennialism is fundamentally flawed.
 -  After the Civil War, a new kind of premillennialism, ‘dispensationalism, ‘gained popularity.’
 -  During these years, many Protestants embraced a pessimistic premillennialism that predicted societal decline, undercut efforts at social reform, and emphasized individual evangelism, spirituality, and otherworldliness.
 -  In the churches of Christ the list features the institutional matters already mentioned, as well as pacifism, participation in governmental affairs (including voting), premillennialism, and divorce and remarriage.
 
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