millenary

[ mil-uh-ner-ee ]

adjective

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

noun

, plural mil·le·nar·ies.

1. an aggregate of a thousand.
2. millennium.
3. millenarian.

millenary

/ mɪˈlɛnərɪ /

noun

1. a sum or aggregate of one thousand, esp one thousand years
2. See millennium
   another word for a millennium

adjective

1. See millenarian
   another word for millenarian

Word History and Origins

Origin of millenary¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of millenary¹

C16: from Late Latin millēnārius containing a thousand, from Latin mille thousand

Example Sentences

The Millenary Petition asked only some changes in the ritual of the Church and certain moderate reforms.

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Many legends illustrate the incapacity of the first millenary to realise the relationship between the sexes in any other sense.

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At Hertford, a pageant began in commemoration of the millenary of the town.

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Least of all is any mysterious virtue to be attached to the millenary date with which I begin.

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The fourth is the Jaik or Rhymnus, on each bank of which a millenary commands.

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