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CHILIASTS

\t͡ʃˈɪlɪˌasts], \t‍ʃˈɪlɪˌasts], \tʃ_ˈɪ_l_ɪ__ˌa_s_t_s]\

Definitions of CHILIASTS

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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[Gr.] Believers in a millennium, or blissful reign of the saints on the earth for a thousand years after the final judgment. Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis, in the second century, is said to have been the first who held this opinion.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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