Etymology

chiliasm

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Today it means: Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χιλιασμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχιλιασμός
  2. English todaychiliasm

From Ancient Greek χιλιασμός (khiliasmós), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”).

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