millenarian

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Out of this ferment arose millenarian fever and the Rabbi Sabbatai Tzvi, who claimed to be the Messiah and violated the Torah commandments.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of the series takes place within the claustrophobic confines of Mount Carmel, a home-turned-prison that, millenarian polygamist particulars aside, feels more familiar in the locked-down spring of 2020 than it did before.

From New York Times

Less well-known is the seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by a millenarian, proto-Islamic State movement, which the Saudi government dislodged only at a cost of hundreds dead.

From Washington Post

All of which raises another disturbing question: What if this administration's chaos-sowing proves an end in itself, one that coheres with the millenarian fantasies of sections of the Republican Christian Right?

From Salon

From the 17th century, “millennial” could be used as a synonym for “millenarian”: associated with the belief that the second coming of Christ was imminent and would usher in a 1,000-year era of peace.

From The Guardian