Definitions for chiliasms

chiliasms chil·i·asm

Spelling: [kil-ee-az-uh m]
IPA: /ˈkɪl iˌæz əm/

Chiliasms is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 300 anagrams from letters in chiliasms (achiilmss).

Definitions for chiliasms

noun

  1. the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.

Origin of chiliasms

1600-10; Greek chīliasmós, equivalent to chī́li(oi) 1000 + -asmos, variant of -ismos -ism before stems ending in -i-

Examples for chiliasms

In its place arose a belief which developed into chiliasm or Millenarianism.

Of their actual position on chiliasm we know practically nothing except by inference.

His two poems present rather different versions of chiliasm.

Disgust with this literal interpretation of the scripture was thus one of the reasons which drew Augustine away from chiliasm.

So far as these persons were Chiliasts, chiliasm would suffer in repute.

But here again chiliasm had the misfortune to get into bad company.

As in the case of Cerinthus, their heresy had nothing necessarily to do with chiliasm.

chiliasm prevailed there in unimpaired strength as late as the 4th century.

Because of certain theological beliefs aside from chiliasm, the Montanists aroused the antagonism of the Church authorities.

As we shall try to show later, the declension of chiliasm can be only very imperfectly explained by official antagonism.

Word Value for chiliasms
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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