[syn: millennium, millenary]
3. a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years);
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium;
2. relating to or consisting of 1000;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Millenary \Mil"le*na*ry\, a. [L. millenarius, fr. milleni a
thousand each, fr. mille a thousand: cf. F. mill['e]naire.
See Mile.]
Consisting of a thousand; millennial.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Millenary \Mil"le*na*ry\, n.
The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a
Millenarian."During that millenary." --Hare.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
millenary
adj 1: of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium
2: relating to or consisting of 1000
n 1: the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
millennium, millenary]
2: a span of 1000 years [syn: millennium, millenary]
3: a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand
years)