noun. The doctrine stating that Jesus will reign on earth for 1,000 years.

noun. The doctrine, suggested by the 20th chapter of Revelation, of a visible and corporeal government of Christ and the saints on earth in the last days, continuing for a thousand years, preceded by a first resurrection of the righteous only, and succeeded by a final struggle between good and evil, a second resurrection, and the last judgment. See millenarianism.

noun. The millennium.

noun. The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.

noun. Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.

noun. belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations

"His apostles, as well as the great body of primitive Christians, held and taught what some call chiliasm, or millenarianism, can as readily be substantiated."

chiliad  chiliast  chiliastic  

theological doctrine  

premillennialism