What is "chiliastic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does chiliastic mean in English? Meaning of chiliastic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "chiliastic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "chiliastic": relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness

Adjective

  • Meaning: relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness
  • Synonyms: chiliastic millenarian
  • Pronunciation in UK: /kɪ.liˈa.stɪk/

  • Adjective: Pertaining to the religious doctrine of a thousand-year period of peace and prosperity; millenarian. 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 139: The social anthropologist can recognise in the millenarian sentiments of the Interregnum a parallel phenomenon to the chiliastic movements which still occur in the underdeveloped countries of today.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 139: The social anthropologist can recognise in the millenarian sentiments of the Interregnum a parallel phenomenon to the chiliastic movements which still occur in the underdeveloped countries of today.
  • Synonyms:

    millenarian, millenary, chiliadal, millennial, millesimal,

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