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amillennialism

amillennialism noun: a view in Christian eschatology that rejects the claimed future thousand-year physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, in opposition to premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation, chapter 20, claiming instead that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number and that Christ's eventual physical reign will be permanent.

Noun

amillennialism (uncountable)

  1. A view in Christian eschatology that rejects the claimed future thousand-year physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, in opposition to premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation, chapter 20, claiming instead that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number and that Christ's eventual physical reign will be permanent.

Origin of amillennialism

From a- + millennial + -ism.

Questions about amillennialism

What does amillennialism mean?
Amillennialism means a view in Christian eschatology that rejects the claimed future thousand-year physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, in opposition to premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation, chapter 20, claiming instead that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number and that Christ's eventual physical reign will be permanent.
What part of speech is amillennialism?
Amillennialism is a noun.

Words near amillennialism in the dictionary

  1. amikhelline
  2. amil
  3. amildar
  4. amildars
  5. amillennial
  6. amillennialism
  7. amillennialist
  8. amillennialistic
  9. amillennialists
  10. amiloid
  11. amiloidogenic

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