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milliary

[mil-ee-er-ee]
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or designating the ancient Roman mile of a thousand paces.
  2. marking a mile.
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Origin of milliary

First recorded in 1600–10, milliary is from the Latin word milliārius comprising a thousand, a thousand paces long. See milli-, -ary
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British Dictionary definitions for milliary

milliary

adjective
  1. relating to or marking a distance equal to an ancient Roman mile of a thousand paces
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Word Origin

C17: from Latin milliārius containing a thousand, from mille thousand
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