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End of the World

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.
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  1. End of the planet Earth.
  2. End of habitability for life on Earth.
  3. End of humanity.
  4. (idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
    It's the end of the world as we know it.
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