millenary

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: millennium

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)

  1. the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)Synonyms: millenniumType of anniversary, day of remembrance
  2. a span of 1000 yearsSynonyms: millenniumType of time period, period of timeParts century
  3. a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)Type of thousand, one thousand

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to the doctrine of the millenniumRelating to millennium
  2. relating to or consisting of 1000Relating to thou

Related words millennial adjective, millennian adjective, millennium noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mil′le·na·ry adjective

Origin: L. millenarius, fr. milleni a thousand each, fr. mille a thousand: cf. F. millénaire. See Mile.

Consisting of a thousand; millennial.

Mil′le·na·ry noun

The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian.“During that millenary.” Agustus Wm., and Hare, Julius Charles Hare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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