What's the difference between chiliasm and chiliast?

Chiliasm


Definition:

  • (n.) The millennium.
  • (n.) The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.

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Chiliast


Definition:

  • (n.) One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Promoters of institutionalized fighting skills and chiliastic activities generally share common objectives in their search for devices to overcome adversaries by impressive means.
  • (2) Political society had rejected "the old apocalyptic and chiliastic visions", he wrote, and "in the west, among the intellectuals, the old passions are spent."

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