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amillennialism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
amil-len-ni-al-ism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

From a- + millennial + -ism.

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Frequently Paired Words

amillennialist postmillennialism premillennialism

Questions

What does amillennialism mean?
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.
Where does amillennialism come from?
From a- + millennial + -ism.

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