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millenary

[mil-uh-ner-ee]
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adjective

consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
pertaining to the millennium.

noun, plural mil·le·nar·ies.

an aggregate of a thousand.
millennium.
millenarian.

RELATED WORDS

millenarian, millennium, chiliad, chiliastic, millennial, millesimal

Nearby words

  1. millefiori,
  2. millefleur,
  3. millefleurs,
  4. millenarian,
  5. millenarianism,
  6. millennia,
  7. millennial,
  8. millennial church,
  9. millennialism,
  10. millennium

Origin of millenary

1540–50; < Late Latin millēnārius consisting of a thousand, equivalent to millēn(ī) a thousand each (Latin mill(e) thousand + -ēnī distributive suffix) + -ārius -ary
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British Dictionary definitions for millenary

millenary

noun plural -naries

a sum or aggregate of one thousand, esp one thousand years
another word for a millennium

adjective, noun

another word for millenarian

Word Origin for millenary

C16: from Late Latin millēnārius containing a thousand, from Latin mille thousand
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Word Origin and History for millenary

millenary

adj.

"consisting of a thousand," 1570s, from Latin millenarius (see millennium).

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