[ad. Gr. χιλιασμός, f. χιλιάς, χιλιάδ-ος, CHILIAD.] The doctrine of the millennium; the opinion that Christ will reign in bodily presence on earth for a thousand years.
1610. Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God, 819. This [promise] some applie to the proofe of Chiliasme.
1875. J. B. Lightfoot, in Contemp. Rev., XXVI. 384. Chiliasm is the rule, not the exception, with the Christian writers of the second century.
1882. Farrar, Early Chr., II. 166. Carnal notions of Jewish chiliasm.
