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chil⋅i⋅asm

  [kil-ee-az-uhm]
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–noun Theology.
the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.
Origin:
1600–10; < Gk chīliasmós, equiv. to chli(oi) 1000 + -asmos, var. of -ismos -ism before stems ending in -i-

Related forms:
chil⋅i⋅ast  [kil-ee-ast] , noun
chil⋅i⋅as⋅tic, adjective
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chil·i·asm   (kĭl'ē-āz'əm)   
n.   Christianity
The doctrine stating that Jesus will reign on earth for 1,000 years.

[New Latin chīliasmus, from Late Latin chīlias, chiliad; see chiliad.]
chil'i·ast' (-āst', -əst) n., chil'i·as'tic adj.
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chiliasm 
1610, from Gk. khiliasmos, from khilias, from khilioi "a thousand." The doctrine of the millennium, the opinion that Christ will reign in bodily presence on earth for 1,000 years.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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