milliary

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/ˈmɪli.əɹi//ˈmɪljəɹi/

noun

A milestone.

“a milliary stone”

OriginLatin mīlliārium →
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Meanings

nounmilliary (plural milliaries)

plural milliaries

  1. A milestone.
adjectivemilliary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles.

    a milliary stone

    1 more example

    A milliary column, from whence they used to compute the distance of all the cities and places of note.

    1644 December 7 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinmīlliārium
  2. Englishmilliary

From Latin mīlliārium.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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