ˈjōəˌkiˌmīt noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Joachim of Floris died ab 1202 Italian mystic + English -ite
: a follower of Joachim of Floris who divided all time into the three ages of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of which the second age lasted from A.D. 1 to 1260 and whose doctrine of a spiritual elite destined to convert the world in the third age influenced the Fraticelli