■ noun a member of a 17th-century sect expecting the immediate second coming of Christ and repudiating all other government.
Origin
from Fifth Monarchy , denoting the last of the five great empires prophesied by Daniel (Dan. 2:44).
■ noun a member of a 17th-century sect expecting the immediate second coming of Christ and repudiating all other government.
Origin
from Fifth Monarchy , denoting the last of the five great empires prophesied by Daniel (Dan. 2:44).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004