Chiliasts

[kiliasts]. Another word for Millenarians; those who believe that Christ will return to this earth and reign a thousand years in the midst of His saints. (Greek, chilias, a thousand.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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