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milliaries
Variant of milliary
milliary
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mil·li·ary (mil′ē er′ē)
adjective
of the ancient Roman mile, or 1,000 paces
Etymology: L milliarius, containing a thousand < mille, thousand
noun pl. milliaries -·ar′·ies
an ancient Roman milestone
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