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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mil•len•ni•al (mil len′ē əl),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to a millennium or the millennium.
- worthy or suggestive of the millennium.
- millenni(um) + -al1 1655–65
mil•len′ni•al•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mil•len•ni•um /mɪˈlɛniəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ni•ums, -ni•a /-niə/.USA pronunciation - a period of 1000 years:to view history through the millenia.
mil•len•ni•al, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mil•len•ni•um (mi len′ē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ni•ums, -ni•a (-nē ə).USA pronunciation - a period of 1000 years.
- Bible, Religionthe millennium, the period of a thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth. Rev. 20:1–7.
- a period of general righteousness and happiness, esp. in the indefinite future.
- a thousandth anniversary.
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Latin mill(e) a thousand + -ennium, extracted from biennium, triennium, etc.
- 1630–40
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