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bimillennium
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bi·mil·len·ni·um  (bm-ln-m)
n. pl. bi·mil·len·ni·ums or bi·mil·len·ni·a (-ln-)
1. A span of 2,000 years.
2. A 2,000th anniversary.

bimil·lenni·al adj.
bimil·lenni·al·ly adv.
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Noun1.bimillennium - the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
anniversary, day of remembrance - the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
2.bimillennium - a span of 2000 years
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"


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He presents the Scientific Revolution as Galileo's and Kepler's bridging of the bimillennial "chasm" (95) between two approaches to nature and their progeny: the Athenian (natural philosophical) and the Alexandrian (mathematical).
In response to similar criticisms the pope recently explained that his requests for forgiveness should not be regarded "as a display of faked humility or as a denial of the church's bimillennial history, which is certainly rich in merits in the fields of charity, culture, and holiness.
 
 
 
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