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chiliast

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkɪliəst/

Definition of chiliast

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Synonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will involve his physical rule on Earth for 1000 years.
    “... Agreed on all sides, except the Chiliasts...”
    “All Anabaptists were and are still Chiliasts, expounding literally that Kingdome of a thousand years of Revel. xx. 6 to be a temporall Kingdome.”

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Etymology

From Latin chiliasta, possibly via French chiliaste, from Ancient Greek χιλιαστής (khiliastḗs), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “thousand”) + -αστής (-astḗs, “-ast, -ist: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ast.

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