chiliasm

Other forms: chiliasms

Definitions of chiliasm
  1. noun
    belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations
    synonyms: millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism
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    type of:
    theological doctrine
    the doctrine of a religious group
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