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millennium

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Millennium  \Mil*len"ni*um\  (m[i^]l*l[e^]n"n[i^]*[u^]m),  n.  [LL., 
  fr  L.  mille  a  thousand  +  annus  a  year.  See  {Mile},  and 
  {Annual}.] 
  A  thousand  years;  especially,  the  thousand  years  mentioned  in 
  the  twentieth  chapter  in  the  twentieth  chapter  of  Revelation, 
  during  which  holiness  is  to  be  triumphant  throughout  the 
  world.  Some  believe  that  during  this  period,  Christ  will 
  reign  on  earth  in  person  with  his  saints. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  millennium 
  n  1:  a  span  of  1000  years 
  2:  (New  Testament)  in  Revelations  it  is  foretold  that  those 
  faithful  to  Jesus  will  reign  with  Jesus  over  the  earth  for 
  a  thousand  years;  the  meaning  of  these  words  have  been 
  much  debated;  some  denominations  (e.g.  Jehovah's 
  Witnesses)  expect  it  to  be  a  thousand  years  of  justice  and 
  peace  and  happiness 
  3:  the  1000th  anniversary 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Millennium 
  a  thousand  years;  the  name  given  to  the  era  mentioned  in  Rev. 
  20:1-7.  Some  maintain  that  Christ  will  personally  appear  on 
  earth  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  his  kingdom  at  the 
  beginning  of  this  millennium.  Those  holding  this  view  are 
  usually  called  "millenarians."  On  the  other  hand,  it  is 
  maintained,  more  in  accordance  with  the  teaching  of  Scripture, 
  we  think,  that  Christ's  second  advent  will  not  be  premillennial, 
  and  that  the  right  conception  of  the  prospects  and  destiny  of 
  his  kingdom  is  that  which  is  taught,  e.g.,  in  the  parables  of 
  the  leaven  and  the  mustard-seed.  The  triumph  of  the  gospel,  it 
  is  held,  must  be  looked  for  by  the  wider  and  more  efficient 
  operation  of  the  very  forces  that  are  now  at  work  in  extending 
  the  gospel;  and  that  Christ  will  only  come  again  at  the  close  of 
  this  dispensation  to  judge  the  world  at  the  "last  day."  The 
  millennium  will  thus  precede  his  coming. 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MILLENNIUM,  n.  The  period  of  a  thousand  years  when  the  lid  is  to  be 
  screwed  down  with  all  reformers  on  the  under  side




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