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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 millenaries.
  1. an aggregate of a thousand.

millenary

/ ɪˈɛəɪ /

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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of millenary1

1540–50; < Late Latin ŧܲ consisting of a thousand, equivalent to ŧ ( ī ) a thousand each ( Latin mill ( e ) thousand + -ŧī distributive suffix) + -ary
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of millenary1

C16: from Late Latin ŧܲ containing a thousand, from Latin mille thousand
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Digging down through Rome’s millenary history, archaeologists and historians collected plenty of information and data to crunch.

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It is proud of its pre-Hispanic millenary history, yet still unable to reconcile with it.

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The millenary place of worship was turned into a museum in 1934.

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It also includes other, more recent fusions that bring out the best of its millenary ingredients.

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“Yes, in distant centuries or millenaries man will be a Cyclops, a Polyphemus, a being with one eye only.”

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