chiliasm
Meanings
noun
- Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.
noun
- Alternative form of chiliasm.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek χιλιασμός (khiliasmós), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”).
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