Chiliasm

Quick meaning: Chiliasm is a noun meaning Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.

Meaning

Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.

Example Sentences

It is a known fact that Bolshevism has unmistakable characteristics of apocalyptic chiliasm, albeit misinterpreted in a physical, earthly way.

One of them, bureaucratic conservatism, represented the routinized sphere of administration, whereas the other, chiliasm, gave rise to the utopian consciousness and modern politics.

It was, however, in the Puritan movement in England, and in similar movements on the continent — especially the Bohemian Brethren — that chiliasm asserted its greatest vitality as an historical force.

Word Forms

• chiliasms

Synonyms for chiliasm

Depending on context, synonyms include millenarianism, premillennialism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amillennialism, messianism, tribulation, midtribulationism, chresmology, messianist.

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