millenary

[ mil-uh-ner-ee ]
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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.

Origin of millenary

1
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

/ (mɪˈlɛnərɪ) /


nounplural -naries
  1. a sum or aggregate of one thousand, esp one thousand years

  2. another word for a millennium

adjective, noun
  1. another word for millenarian

Origin of millenary

1
C16: from Late Latin millēnārius containing a thousand, from Latin mille thousand

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