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Definition of: chiliasm
(kil′ē·az′əm) noun
The doctrine that Christ will reign upon earth a thousand years; the millennium. [<Gk. chiliasmos <chilias. See CHILIAD.]
—chil′i·ast noun
—chil′i·as′tic adjective
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