The Collaborative International Dictionary
Premillennial \Pre`mil*len"ni*al\, a. Previous to the millennium.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1829, "before the millennium," especially in theological sense of "before the Second Coming of Christ;" from pre- + millennial. Premillenarian, one who believes the second coming of Christ will precede the Millennium, is from 1842. Related: Premillenialism.
Wiktionary
a. Occurring before, or in anticipation of, a new millennium
Usage examples of "premillennial".
Beyond them, the eyrie lifted off into the sky from massive cantilevered supports, like some vast premillennial rocket poised for launch.
We stood side by side in silence, like mourners at some premillennial funeral procession, watching the grav bed and its burden arrive.
Ever since the premillennial depression and the environmental crises of this century, it's been the Roosevelt years all over again.
The series is based on the tenets of premillennial dispensationalism, a theoretical -- and highly subjective -- construct of Biblical prophecies (and, on occasion, scriptures lifted out of context) that was explored in Michael Tolkin's disturbing motion picture The Rapture.