Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a millennium; millenarian.
1 more example
Surely, this operation hath this millenary doctrine had upon the hearts of men, that, though they are thereupon apt to expect an appropinquation of their Saviour for their happy advantage, yet they resolutely put off the thought of his coming to the general judgment of the world for many generations.
1650, Joseph Hall, The Revelation Unrevealed
plural millenaries
- archaicA period of one thousand years; a millennium.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmīllēnārius
- Englishmillenary
From Latin mīllēnārius.
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Spanish milenario
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millenary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millenary
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