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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.

millenary

/ mɪˈlɛnərɪ /

noun

  1. a sum or aggregate of one thousand, esp one thousand years
  2. another word for a millennium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. another word for millenarian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of millenary1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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