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(Greek, chilioi, 1,000 + gonia, angle)
A closed plane figure with 1,000 internal angles (thus almost indistinguishable from a circle). Chiliasm is the doctrine that Christ will come again and reign for 1,000 years, a form of millenarianism.
Subjects: Philosophy.
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