millenary
[ mil-uh-ner-ee ]
/ ˈmɪl əˌnɛr i /
adjective
consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
pertaining to the millennium.
noun, plural mil·le·nar·ies.
Origin of millenary
1540–50; < Late Latin
millēnārius consisting of a thousand, equivalent to
millēn(ī) a thousand each (Latin
mill(e) thousand +
-ēnī distributive suffix) +
-ārius
-ary
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British Dictionary definitions for millenary
millenary
/ (mɪˈlɛnərɪ) /
noun plural -naries
a sum or aggregate of one thousand, esp one thousand years
another word for a millennium
adjective, noun
another word for millenarian
Word Origin for millenary
C16: from Late Latin
millēnārius containing a thousand, from Latin
mille thousand