mil|len|ni|um

mil|len|ni|um
mil|len|ni|um «muh LEHN ee uhm», noun, plural -len|ni|ums, -len|ni|a «-LEHN ee uh».
1. a) a period of one thousand years: »

The Christian Era is less than two millenniums old; the world is many millenniums old.

 b) a thousandth anniversary.
2. the period of a thousand years during which, according to the Bible, Christ is expected to reign on earth.
3. Figurative. a period of righteousness and happiness, of just government, or of peace and prosperity: »

a catastrophic climax which would be followed by something in the nature of a millennium (Edmund Wilson).

╂[< New Latin millennium < Latin mīlle thousand + annus year, patterned on English biennium]

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  • mil|len´ni|al|ly — mil|len|ni|al «muh LEHN ee uhl», adjective, noun. –adjective. 1. of a thousand years. 2. Theology. having to do with a millennium, especially the prophesied millennium. 3. Figurative. like that of the millennium; fit for the millennium: »There… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mil|len|ni|al — «muh LEHN ee uhl», adjective, noun. –adjective. 1. of a thousand years. 2. Theology. having to do with a millennium, especially the prophesied millennium. 3. Figurative. like that of the millennium; fit for the millennium: »There was to be a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mil|len|ni|a|ry — «muh LEHN ee uh ree», adjective. = millennial. (Cf. ↑millennial) …   Useful english dictionary

  • mil|len|ni|al|ist — «muh LEHN ee uh lihst», noun. = millenarian. (Cf. ↑millenarian) …   Useful english dictionary

  • mil|len|ni|an|ism — «muh LEHN ee uh NIHZ uhm», noun. = millenarianism: (Cf. ↑millenarianism) »Always, each outburst of millennianism has its prophetic leader (London Times) …   Useful english dictionary

  • mil·len·ni·um — …   Useful english dictionary

  • bi|mil|len|ni|um — «BY muh LEHN ee uhm», noun, plural len|ni|ums, len|ni|a « LEHN ee uh». a period of 2,000 years …   Useful english dictionary

  • bi|mil|len|ni|al — «BY muh LEHN ee uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. of or having to do with a bimillennium. –n. = bimillennium. (Cf. ↑bimillennium) …   Useful english dictionary

  • post|mil|len|ni|al|ism — «POHST muh LEHN ee uh LIHZ uhm», noun. the doctrine or belief that the second coming of Christ will follow the millennium …   Useful english dictionary

  • post|mil|len|ni|al|ist — «POHST muh LEHN ee uh lihst», noun. a believer in postmillennialism …   Useful english dictionary

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