milliaries

Variant of milliary

milliary definition

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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