Mill|er|ite

Mill|er|ite
mill|er|ite «MIHL uh ryt», noun.
a mineral, nickel sulfide, usually occurring in brassy or bronze crystals or in incrustations. Formula: NiS
[< German Millerit < W. H. Miller, 1801-1880, a British mineralogist + -it -ite1]
Mill|er|ite «MIHL uh ryt», noun.
an Adventist following the doctrine of William Miller, an American preacher, who foretold the second coming of Christ and the beginning of the millennium which would occur in the immediate future: »

The Millerites…believed that the world would be destroyed by fire in 1843 (New Yorker).


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