Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or happening in the time before the millennium.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preceding the millennium; existing or occurring before the millennium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Previous to the millennium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring before, or in anticipation of, a new
millennium
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many fundamentalist Christians believe in what's known as the premillennial view of history, a few believe in what is known as the post-millennial view and, fewer still, an a-millennial, meaning "no-millennium."
Steve McSwain: As A Fundamentalist Christian, This I Was Taught to Believe Steve McSwain 2011
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Many fundamentalist Christians believe in what's known as the premillennial view of history, a few believe in what is known as the post-millennial view and, fewer still, an a-millennial, meaning "no-millennium."
Steve McSwain: As A Fundamentalist Christian, This I Was Taught to Believe Steve McSwain 2011
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The vast majority of Christian evangelicals in the United States are called premillennial dispensationalists.
Chip Berlet: Palin's Religious Beliefs Must Be Explored 2008
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These Christians are Zionists because they believe that Christ's second coming will be heralded by a powerful Jewish state a theory called premillennial dispensationalism.
The Guardian World News Theo Hobson 2011
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The vast majority of Christian evangelicals in the United States are called premillennial dispensationalists.
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The vast majority of Christian evangelicals in the United States are called premillennial dispensationalists.
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I had opposed with much persistency what is known as the premillennial view, and brought out my objections, to all of which he made one reply: "My beloved brother, I have heard all your arguments and objections against this view, but they have one fatal defect: _not one of them is based upon the word of God.
George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God 1874
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These premillennial looks are no longer passé; they fall into the category of hallowed design history, and are ready to be donned again.
I Love the '90s Lesley M. M. Blume 2011
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Many evangelicals, including Billy Graham and millions of others, believe in the imminent, premillennial, pretribulational second coming of Jesus Christ for all of His Church.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion on Legal Challenges to the Individual Mandate 2010
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Broadly speaking, these Christians subscribe to a theology called "premillennial dispensationalism."
Blood in the Water 2010
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