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MILLENARY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("millenary" is a kind of...):

1000; chiliad; G; grand; K; M; one thousand; thou; thousand; yard (the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A span of 1000 years

Synonyms:

millenary; millennium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("millenary" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Meronyms (parts of "millenary"):

century (a period of 100 years)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Synonyms:

millenary; millennium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("millenary" is a kind of...):

anniversary; day of remembrance (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or consisting of 1000

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

thousand (the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100)

Derivation:

millennium (a span of 1000 years)

millennium (the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

millennium ((New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness)

Derivation:

millennium ((New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness)

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