ann-, anni-, annu-, enn-, enni-

1. A religious belief that there is no millennium, neither figurative nor literal.
2. A figurative belief of what is called the "church age" during which Jesus literally will rule on the Earth after the church age; that is, Jesus will rule in the hearts and lives of the believers from the birth of the church until his Second Coming.

During the millennium, persecution will continue, though Satan has no real power over the church because Christ already defeated him on Calvary.

The tribulation represents the church persecution throughout the millennium. At some point in the future, Jesus will return and initiate a final judgment and eternity.

It is believed that Christ is even now reigning or there is "nunc-millennialism" (nunc means "now") at the right hand of God over His church.

After this present age has ended, Christ will return and immediately usher the church into their eternal state after judging the wicked.

Eschatology is the study of the eschaton which is equated with "last things". While other views focus on the final days of humans on earth, amillennialism sees "the last things" as having been initiated at Christ's resurrection and so, being applicable from the earliest days of the Christian church.

From the amillennialist perspective, the whole of God's redemptive revelation is twofold: promise and fulfillment. It also emphasizes that a strict-literal interpretation of the Old Testament is not necessarily the most accurate way of determining what the text means.

1. A date that is observed on an annual basis because it is the same date as an important event in a past year; such as, the date of someone's wedding.
2. A celebration or other commemorative ritual marking the date of an important event.
3. Etymology: from Latin anniversarius, "returning annually", from annus, "year" + versus; past participle of vertere. "to turn". The adjective came to be used as a noun in Church Latin as anniversaria dies with reference to saints' days.

The year rolls around to bring the anniversary of birth, marriage, or some other event; and this "turning" of the year is the literal meaning of the word anniversary.

In the year of the Lord [Jesus Christ].

Some people translate anno Domini as "in the year of our Lord", but there is no Latin noster, "our", in the phrase. A.D. is written before the year, usually with small capital letters, with no separating comma, as: A.D. 1995; or informally, after the year, as: about 1450 A.D. Anno Domini is supposed to indicate the number of years from the birth of Chirst.

In the sixth century, Dionysius Exiguus initiated the system of expressing dates by referring events to the birth of Christ. According to his calculations, Christ was born in 754 A.U.C. (abbreviation, ab urbe condita; from [since] the founding of the city [Rome], c. 753 B.C.); however, it is generally agreed that Christ was born at least four years before the date that was set by Dionysius.

In the year of the world. Anno mundi, abbreviated A.M., marks the number of years that have passed since the world began. In the Hebrew tradition, the year of creation corresponds to 3761 B.C.

The Irish theologian, Ussher, in the mid-seventeenth century computed the date of creation as 4004 B.C therefore, the year A.D. 2000 corresponds to 5761 A.M. or 6004 A.M., depending on whose date of creation one might prefer.

Yearly, occurring every year or once a year: "Most people have an annual birthday celebration."