millenary (redirected from millenaries)

mil·le·nar·y  (ml-nr, m-ln-r)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a thousand, especially to a thousand years; millenarian.

2.

a. Of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium; millenarian.

b. Of or relating to millenarians.

n. pl. mil·le·nar·ies

1. A sum or total of one thousand, especially a thousand years.

2. A millenarian.

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[Latin mllnrius, from mlln, a thousand each, from mlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots.]

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millenary [mɪˈlɛnərɪ]

n pl -naries

1. a sum or aggregate of one thousand, esp one thousand years

2. another word for a millennium

adj & n

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) another word for millenarian

[from Late Latin millēnārius containing a thousand, from Latin mille thousand]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	millenary - the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) millennium anniversary, day of remembrance - the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
	2.	millenary - a span of 1000 years                 millennium 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" century - a period of 100 years
	3.	millenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) 1000, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, K, M, G, yard - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Adj.	1.	millenary - of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium
	2.	millenary - relating to or consisting of 1000

Translations

millenary [mɪˈlenərɪ]

A. ADJ → milenario

B. N → milenario m