"chiliasm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪ.lɪæ.z(ə)m/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chiliasm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chiliasms [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χιλιασμός (khiliasmós), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χιλιασμός|}} Ancient Greek χιλιασμός (khiliasmós), {{m|grc|χίλιοι||thousand}} χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiliasm (plural chiliasms)
  1. Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period. Wikipedia link: chiliasm Categories (topical): Thousand, Time Synonyms: millenarianism, Chiliasm Synonyms (belief): premillennialism Related terms: chiliad, chiliast, chiliastic Translations (belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity): chiliasme [neuter] (Dutch), millennialisme [neuter] (Dutch), kiliasmi (Finnish), millénarisme (French), chiliasme (French), kiliazmus (Hungarian), millenarismo (Italian), chiliasmo (Italian), chiliazm [masculine] (Polish), millenaryzm [masculine] (Polish), milenarism [neuter] (Romanian), chiliasm [neuter] (Romanian), хилиазм (xiliazm) [masculine] (Russian), милленаризм (millenarizm) [masculine] (Russian), milenarismo (Spanish), quiliasmo (Spanish), kiliasm [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chiliasm-en-noun-snUDnqzK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Eschatology

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