Millerite
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- (sometimes derogatory) Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. · Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.
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- 1(Christianity) 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.
- 2A resident of any community known as Miller; often specifically a resident of Miller Beach, in Gary, Indiana