chiliast

Examples

• All

• As a devoted chiliast, he wrote extensively on his vision of a future millennium.

• The doctrine promoted by the chiliast gained popularity among the congregation.

• Many chiliasts await the arrival of a new era.

• A chiliast believes in a future of peace.

• As a devoted chiliast, he passionately shared his beliefs about the future millennium during the church service.

• Many early Protestant reformers identified as chiliasts, expressing their hopes for a divine era of peace and prosperity.

• The teachings of the chiliast resonated with those seeking a hopeful vision of the future within their faith.

Synonyms

M

millenarian

vschiliast

1 9.9

A person who believes in a coming thousand-year time of peace and happiness

is a specific thousand-year expectation framed as religious doctrine

M

millenarist

vschiliast

9.9

A person who believes a coming time will bring great peace, often for religious reasons

puts stronger emphasis on doctrinal religious belief rather than general hope

Antonyms

S

skeptic

• US

77 4.1

A person who often doubts accepted ideas and asks for proof

C

cynic

39 5.8

A person who thinks people act only to help themselves

Compounds

C

chiliast movement

• Specialized

9.9

A religious group that believes a thousand-year time of peace will begin soon because of a prediction

Surface Forms

Etymology