chiliast
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Etymology edit
From Latin chiliasta, possibly via French chiliaste, from Ancient Greek χιλιαστής (khiliastḗs), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “thousand”) + -αστής (-astḗs, “-ast, -ist: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ast.
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Noun edit
chiliast (plural chiliasts)
- (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. [1611]
- 1611, William Sclater, A Key to the Key of Scripture..., page 324:
- ... Agreed on all sides, except the Chiliasts...
- 1647, anonymous author, A Short History of the Anabaptists, page 52:
- All Anabaptists were and are still Chiliasts, expounding literally that Kingdome of a thousand years of Revel. xx. 6 to be a temporall Kingdome.
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- “chiliast, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.