Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 8 letters

chiliast

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɪliəst/Part of speech nounSorted achiilstStarts with CEnds with T0 clues
1C2H3I4L5I6A7S8T

Mini crossword

Today's mini takes a couple of minutes.

Play the mini →

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

C_______

Definitions

  1. a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)

Word origin

From Latin chiliasta, possibly via French chiliaste, from Ancient Greek χιλιαστής (khiliastḗs), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “thousand”) + -αστής (-astḗs, “-ast, -ist: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ast.

Used in a sentence

  • ... Agreed on all sides, except the Chiliasts...
  • All Anabaptists were and are still Chiliasts, expounding literally that Kingdome of a thousand years of Revel. xx. 6 to be a temporall Kingdome.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for chiliast yet.

Related words