millenary

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.

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Meanings

adjectivemillenary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.
  2. 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
nounmillenary (plural millenaries)

plural millenaries

  1. archaicA period of one thousand years; a millennium.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

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Broader
anniversaryday of remembrance

nouna span of 1000 years

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmīllēnārius
  2. Englishmillenary

From Latin mīllēnārius.

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Translations

Spanish milenario
  • milenarioTranslations

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APA

millenary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millenary

MLA

“millenary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millenary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “millenary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millenary.

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