millenarians

millenarians
mil·le·nar·i·an || ‚mɪlɪ'nerɪən /-'neər- n. chiliast, one who believes in the coming of the Millennium, person who believes in the 2nd coming of Christ to rule on earth a thousand years (Christianity)

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