mil|le|nar|y

mil|le|nar|y «MIHL uh _NEHR ee», adjective, noun, plural -nar|ies.

–adj.

1. consisting of or having to do with a thousand, especially a period of a thousand years.

2. Theology. of or having to do with the millennium or millenarians.

–n.

1. a) an aggregate of one thousand, especially a continuous period of one thousand years: »

We danced through three nights, dancing the old millenary out, dancing the new millenary in (Cardinal Newman).

b) a thousandth anniversary or the celebration of such an anniversary.

2. Theology. a) a millennium; the millennium. b) = millenarian. (Cf. ↑millenarian)

╂[< Late Latin mīllēnārius < mīllēnī a thousand each < mīlle a thousand]