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CHILIAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)
Synonyms:
chiliast; millenarian; millenarist
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Hypernyms ("chiliast" is a kind of...):
optimist (a person disposed to take a favorable view of things)