millenary ( millennium)

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• millenary — (adj.) consisting of a thousand, 1570s, from L. millenarius (see MILLENNIUM (Cf. millennium)) …   Etymology dictionary

• millenary — [mil′ə ner΄ē] adj. [LL millenarius: see MILLENARIAN] 1. of or consisting of a thousand, esp. a thousand years 2. of the millennium or millenarians n. pl. millenaries 1. a thousand 2. a thousand years; millennium …   English World dictionary

• Millenary — Mil le*na*ry, n. The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a {Millenarian}. During that millenary. Hare. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• millenary — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 a period of 1,000 years. 2 the festival of the 1,000th anniversary of a person or thing. 3 a person who believes in the millennium. adj. of or relating to a millenary. Etymology: LL millenarius consisting of a thousand f …   Useful english dictionary

• millenary — I. noun (plural ries) Etymology: Late Latin millenarium, from neuter of millenarius of a thousand, from Latin milleni one thousand each, from mille Date: 1550 1. a. a group of 1000 units or things b. 1000 years ; millennium …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• millenary — /mil euh ner ee/, adj., n., pl. millenaries. adj. 1. consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, esp. a thousand years. 2. pertaining to the millennium. n. 3. an aggregate of a thousand. 4. millennium. 5. millenarian. [1540 50; < LL millenarius… …   Universalium

• millennium — n 1. a thousand years, chiliad, millenary. 2. the millennium the Second Coming, the Second Advent, the Parousia. 3. golden age, Utopia halcyon days, heaven on earth …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• millenary — mil•le•nar•y [[t]ˈmɪl əˌnɛr i[/t]] adj. n. pl. nar•ies 1) consisting of or pertaining to 1000, esp. 1000 years 2) rel pertaining to the millennium or millenarians 3) an aggregate of 1000 4) rel millennium 5) rel millenarian • Etymology: 1540–50;… …   From formal English to slang

• millenary — /məˈlɛnəri/ (say muh lenuhree) adjective 1. consisting of or relating to a thousand, especially a thousand years. 2. relating to the millennium. –noun (plural millenaries) 3. an aggregate of a thousand. 4. millennium. 5. millenarian. {Late Latin… …  

• millennium —   n. (pl. ia) period of one thousand years; thousandth anniversary; future period of ideal happiness on earth, especially that foretold in Revelations XX.    ♦ millenarian, a. pertaining to millennium; believing in its occurrence in near future;… …   Dictionary of difficult words

• millenary — adjective a) Of, pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years b) Of or pertaining to a millennium; millenarian …   Wiktionary