Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A believer in the chiliasm; a millenarian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a millenarian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Christianity One who believes that Jesus will reign over Earth for a thousand years.
- noun A
millenarian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)
Etymologies
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Adaptation of the Latin word "chiliasta", first used in the 17th century.
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Examples
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It is worth noting that, as befits a chiliast, Ghose never denies action.
Kafila 2009
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So with DARE’s classicist, George Goebel, the great lexicographer turned from Latin to Greek: deutero means “second” and chiliast refers to the biblical “kingdom of a thousand years.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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So with DARE’s classicist, George Goebel, the great lexicographer turned from Latin to Greek: deutero means “second” and chiliast refers to the biblical “kingdom of a thousand years.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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