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Dictionary entry overview: What does millenary mean?

• MILLENARY (noun)
The noun MILLENARY has 3 senses:

1. the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
2. a span of 1000 years
3. a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)

Familiarity information: MILLENARY used as a noun is uncommon.

• MILLENARY (adjective)
The adjective MILLENARY has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium
2. relating to or consisting of 1000

Familiarity information: MILLENARY used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MILLENARY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

millenary; millennium

Hypernyms ("millenary" is a kind of...):

anniversary; day of remembrance (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A span of 1000 years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

millennium; millenary

Hypernyms ("millenary" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Meronyms (parts of "millenary"):

century (a period of 100 years)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("millenary" is a kind of...):

1000; chiliad; G; grand; K; M; one thousand; thou; thousand; yard (the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100)

• MILLENARY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

millennium ((New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Relating to or consisting of 1000

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

thousand (the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100)

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