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Millenarian is an English word with synonyms like period or optimist. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Millenarian meaning

  1. Pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth.
  2. Pertaining to any of various religious or social movements which believe in a coming or ongoing radical change to existing world order.
  3. Lasting or expected to last a thousand years.

Synonyms of Millenarian

chiliastic time period period of time period millenarist chiliast optimist

Related words

Other words often associated with Millenarian or its synonyms:

someone interval mortal individual menses pessimist somebody play person menstruation soul

Using Millenarian

  • The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth. | Pertaining to any of various religious or social movements which believe in a coming or ongoing radical change to existing world order. | Lasting or expected to last a thousand years.
  • Useful related words include: chiliastic, time period, period of time, period.
  • In the example corpus, millenarian often appears in combinations such as: millenarian movements.

Context around Millenarian

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

brings 1× america 1× join 1×

Often after:

movements 2× islam 1× tradition 1× national 1× cults 1×

Sentence patterns with Millenarian

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

abandon a millenarian tradition in 1× achieving a millenarian national rebirth 1× in america millenarian movements from 1× rebellion and millenarian cults 1× revolution brings millenarian islam to 1× who join millenarian movements such 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

corn production has 1× fascism seeks to 1× political scientists such 1× radical religion in 1× sociologist andrew holden 1× this is actually 1×

Common sentence endings:

an informed choice 1× and failed states 1× and millenarian cults 1× originated in mexico 1× strength and purity 1× university press 1997 1×

Words around Millenarian

Just before it in the word index:

millenaire 2 millen 27 millefiori 2 milledgeville 7 milledge 6 milled 88

Just after it in the word index:

millenary 2 millender 3 millenia 9 millenial 6 millenials 11 millenium 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Millenarian

  • In this selection, "millenarian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, brings, america, join, movements, islam and tradition stand out and add context to how "millenarian" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include abandon a millenarian tradition in and achieving a millenarian national rebirth. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "millenarian" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with millenarian

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Radical Religion in America: Millenarian Movements from the Far Right to the Children of Noah (Syracuse University Press, 1997). (19 words)

Sociologist Andrew Holden states that most members who join millenarian movements such as Jehovah's Witnesses have made an informed choice. (21 words)

This is actually the latest phase of African anarchy, in which the communications revolution brings millenarian Islam to weak and failed states. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Corn production has remained stable (at 20 million metric tons ), arguably, as a result of income support to farmers, or a reluctance to abandon a millenarian tradition in Mexico: not only have peasants grown corn for millennia, corn originated in Mexico. (41 words)

Fascism seeks to solve economic, political, and social problems by achieving a millenarian national rebirth, exalting the nation or race above all else, and promoting cults of unity, strength, and purity. (31 words)

Political scientists such as Thomas Flanagan have pointed out certain parallels between Riel's following during the North-West Rebellion and millenarian cults. (23 words)

Example sentences (6)

This is actually the latest phase of African anarchy, in which the communications revolution brings millenarian Islam to weak and failed states.

Corn production has remained stable (at 20 million metric tons ), arguably, as a result of income support to farmers, or a reluctance to abandon a millenarian tradition in Mexico: not only have peasants grown corn for millennia, corn originated in Mexico.

Fascism seeks to solve economic, political, and social problems by achieving a millenarian national rebirth, exalting the nation or race above all else, and promoting cults of unity, strength, and purity.

Political scientists such as Thomas Flanagan have pointed out certain parallels between Riel's following during the North-West Rebellion and millenarian cults.

Radical Religion in America: Millenarian Movements from the Far Right to the Children of Noah (Syracuse University Press, 1997).

Sociologist Andrew Holden states that most members who join millenarian movements such as Jehovah's Witnesses have made an informed choice.

Common combinations with millenarian

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "millenarian" in a sentence?
An example: "This is actually the latest phase of African anarchy, in which the communications revolution brings millenarian Islam to weak and failed states." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "millenarian" from authentic English texts.
What does "millenarian" mean?
Millenarian means: Pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth.
What are synonyms of "millenarian"?
Common synonyms of "millenarian" include: chiliastic, time period, period of time, period, millenarist, chiliast, optimist.
How many example sentences with "millenarian" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "millenarian", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.