chiliastic

Example Sentences

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“I hate to tamper with @pkedrosky’s chiliastic predictions, but I never said I was leaving journalism,” Thomas tweeted over the weekend.

From Forbes • Mar. 21, 2011

But their chiliastic utterances are causing them more trouble, and evoking more angry, obfuscating backtalk, than did ever any argument about Science v.

From Time Magazine Archive

The President's mood was conciliatory rather than chiliastic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Overbeck has also, in my opinion, shown the probability of chiliastic portions having been removed at a later period both from Hippolytus' book and the great work of Irenæus.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

The Apologists were silent about chiliastic hopes, Justin even denied them in Apol.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil