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/ˈkɪliəst/ · noun
(Christianity, typically derogatory) 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.
Use chiliast when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chiliast means (Christianity, typically derogatory) Synonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will involve his physical rule on Earth for 1000 years..
Common synonyms include millenarian.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
... Agreed on all sides, except the Chiliasts...
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