millennium

The definition of a millennium is a period of 1000 years or is an anniversary of the passage of 1000 years.

(noun)

  1. An example of a millennium is the 1000 years from year 1000 to the year 2000.
  2. The year 2000 was an example of the millennium.

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See millennium in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. millenniums or millennia

  1. any period of 1,000 years: 2000 through 1001 is the 2d millennium
  2. a period of 1,000 years reckoned from a certain time, esp. from the beginning of the Christian Era (1): the year A.D. 2001 marks the beginning of the third millennium
  3. a 1,000th anniversary or its commemoration
  4. any period of great happiness, peace, prosperity, etc.; imagined golden age

Origin: ModL < L mille, thousand + annus, year (after L biennium): see annual

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See millennium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. mil·len·ni·a (-lĕnˈē-ə) or mil·len·ni·ums
  1. A span of one thousand years.
  2. A thousand-year period of holiness mentioned in Revelation 20, during which Jesus and his faithful followers are to rule on earth.
  3. A hoped-for period of joy, serenity, prosperity, and justice.
  4. A thousandth anniversary.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin mīllennium

Origin: : Latin mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Latin annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots

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  • mil·lenˈni·al (-əl) adjective
  • mil·lenˈni·al·ism noun
  • mil·lenˈni·al·ist noun
  • mil·lenˈni·al·ly adverb

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