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chiliast

Noun

chil=i=ast

WORDNET DICTIONARY

chiliast(n = noun.person) millenarian, millenarist - a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity); Array

is a kind of optimist

chiliast, n. [Gr. . See Chiliasm.].

One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a millenarian. [1913 Webster]

chiliast, n. a believer in chiliasm.

Derivative

chiliastic adj.

Etymology

LL chiliastes: see CHILIAD, CHILIASM

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