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English

Millerite

From Miller + -ite.

A compound of Miller + -ite

Middle English mylnere ‘miller’

Middle English myllere ‘miller’

English Miller

Today it means

noun One who followed the calculations of William Miller or his followers that the world would end on October 22, 1844; when it did not, the Great Disappointment occurred. The subsequent denominations his movement spawned include the Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and the (Campbellite) Restorationists.

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