Date: Sun Apr 7 00:24:53 EST 1996
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--chiliad
chil.i.ad \'kil-e--.ad, -*d\ n [LL chiliad-, chilias, fr. Gk, fr. chilioi
thousand] 1: a group of 1000 2: a period of 1000 years

And a "chiliast" is a silly-assed religious nut who expected
the world to come to an end on first day of annum 2K.