chiliad
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Chil′i·ad noun
Origin: Gr. χιλιάς, χιλιαδός, fr. χίλιοι a thousand.
A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.
The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God.— Sir. T. More.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54