End of the World Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, End of the World Information and Meaning
- chiliasm
- the belief that Christ will return to earth in visible form and establish a kingdom to last 1000 years, after which the world will come to an end. Also called millenarianism. —chiliast, n. —chiliastic, adj.
- eschatology
- Theology. any set of doctrines concerning flnal matters, as death, the judgment, afterlife, etc. —eschatological, adj. —eschatologist, n.
- millenarianism
- chiliasm.
- Millerism
- the preachings of the American William Miller (1782-1849), founder of the Adventist church, who believed that the end of the world and the return of Christ would occur in 1843. —Millerite, n.