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mil·le·nar·y
(mĭl′ə-nĕr′ē, mə-lĕn′ə-rē)adj.
1. Of or relating to a thousand, especially to a thousand years; millenarian.
2.
a. Of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium; millenarian.
b. Of or relating to millenarians.
n. pl. mil·le·nar·ies
1. A sum or total of one thousand, especially a thousand years.
2. A millenarian.
[Latin mīllēnārius, from mīllēnī, a thousand each, from mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots.]
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millenary
(mɪˈlɛnərɪ)n, pl -naries
1. a sum or aggregate of one thousand, esp one thousand years
2. another word for a millennium
adj, n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) another word for millenarian
[C16: from Late Latin millēnārius containing a thousand, from Latin mille thousand]
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mil•le•nar•y
(ˈmɪl əˌnɛr i)adj., n., pl. -nar•ies. adj.
1. consisting of or pertaining to 1000, esp. 1000 years.
2. pertaining to the millennium or millenarians.
n. 3. an aggregate of 1000.
4. millennium.
5. millenarian.
[1540–50; < Late Latin millēnārius consisting of a thousand =millēn(ī) a thousand each (derivative of Latin mill(e) thousand) + -ārius -ary]
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| Noun | 1. | millenary - the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) anniversary, day of remembrance - the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) |
| 2. |  millenary - a span of 1000 years period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" century - a period of 100 years | |
| 3. | millenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) | |
| Adj. | 1. |  millenary - of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium |
| 2. | millenary - relating to or consisting of 1000 |
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