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chil·i·asm \-azəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: New Latin chiliasmus, from Late Latin chiliastes chiliast (after such pairs as Greek enthousiastēs enthusiast: enthousiasmos enthusiasm), from (assumed) Greek chiliastēs, from chilioi thousand : the theological doctrine that Christ will come to earth in a visible form and set up a theocratic kingdom over all the world and thus usher in the millennium |