FIFTH MONARCHY MAN


Meaning of FIFTH MONARCHY MAN in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized F & both Ms

: a member of a fanatical sect in England at the time of the Commonwealth who believed that the fifth monarchy during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years was near at hand and that they must assist to establish it by force

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