Etymology

postmillennialism

Today it means: An interpretation of the Book of Revelation where Christ's second coming will be after the "Millennium", a Golden Age or era of prosperity and dominance of Christianity. Full definition →

English postmillennial ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishmillennial
  8. Englishpostmillennial
  9. English todaypostmillennialism

From postmillennial + -ism.

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