chiliasm
noun
the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.
chiliastic
-
a word derived from
chiliasm.
Example Sentences
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“I hate to tamper with @pkedrosky’s chiliastic predictions, but I never said I was leaving journalism,” Thomas tweeted over the weekend.
From Forbes ● Mar. 21, 2011
The President's mood was conciliatory rather than chiliastic.
From Time Magazine Archive
But their chiliastic utterances are causing them more trouble, and evoking more angry, obfuscating backtalk, than did ever any argument about Science v.
From Time Magazine Archive
This notion grew within the Church as chiliastic and apocalyptic Christianity faded away.
From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge
John, Apostle, death of, 9, 10; chiliastic teaching, 26 f.; in Ephesus, 114, 116, 118; founds order of bishops, 122.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
