— chiliast /kil"ee ast'/ , n. — chiliastic , adj.
/kil"ee az'euhm/ , n. Theol.
the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.
[ 1600-10; chiliasmós, equiv. to chíli ( oi ) 1000 + -asmos, var. of -ismos -ISM before stems ending in -i- ]