pre·mil·le·nar·i·an

(prē-mĭl′ə-nâr′ē-ən)

adj.

Of or relating to premillennialism.

A person who believes in premillennialism.

pre·mil′le·nar′i·an·ism n.

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premillenarian

(ˌpriːmɪlɪˈnɛərɪən)

(Theology) a believer in or upholder of the doctrines of premillennialism

adj

(Theology) of or relating to premillennialism

ˌpremilleˈnarianism n

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pre•mil•le•nar•i•an

(ˌpri mɪl əˈnɛər i ən)

n.

1. a believer in premillennialism.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to the doctrine of premillennialism or to a believer in this doctrine.

[1835–45]

pre`mil•le•nar′i•an•ism, n.

References in periodicals archive

They also became a powerful venue for promoting a dispensational, premillenarian approach to Scripture that featured literal, Baconian approaches to the prophetic parts of the Bible.

Evangelicals, creation, and scripture: legacies from a long history

For the nineteenth century of Protestant fundamentalism in the United States in premillenarian movements and in the changing roles of women, see Ernest R.

Fundamentalism: a theory

followed Mede in his premillenarian eschatology, interpreting the one

"A time and times and the dividing of time": Isaac Newton, the Apocalypse, and 2060 A.D

342) and Jerome McGann, who makes the case for "a more or less conscious [critical] investment in the peculiarities of [Rossetti's] Christian orientation," by which he means not just Tractarianism broadly, but more specifically, "that peculiar Adventist and premillenarian context which flourished for about fifty years in mid-nineteenth-century culture" (p.

Regarding Christina Rossetti's "'Reflection'"

In theology and biblical criticism he was strongly conservative, and he held as a vital truth the premillenarian view of the second coming of Christ.

A Political Factor in the Rise of Protestantism in Korea: Protestantism and the 1919 March First Movement

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