Fifth Monarchy Men: Meaning and Definition of

Fifth' Mon'archy Men"

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— Eng. Hist. Eng. Hist.
  1. (during the Commonwealth in the 17th century) a militant sect of Puritans who identified the fifth monarchy with the millennial reign of Christ and who believed they should help to inaugurate that reign by force.
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