millennium
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millennium¹
- /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/
Where it comes from
From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).
noun millennia · millenniums · millenium
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A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums.
Similar: chiliad, kiloannum, mul:ka, kiloyear, kyr, yearthousand
- The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000. A huge fireworks display was put on in Sydney to celebrate the millennium.
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Any long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.
Near-synonym: utopia
Similar: utopia
proper noun the millennium · millenium
- The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations). usher in the millennium
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A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.
Near-synonym: utopia
Similar: utopia
Millennium²
proper noun the Millennium
- The Kingdom of Christ on Earth, predicted by Christians to come about someday.
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A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.
Near-synonym: utopia
Similar: utopia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: millennial, century, millenium, mdg, jubilee, bug, chun, goals, mdgs, thousand, chiliad, millenary, kiloyear, kiloannum, epoch, era
Translations
Every language
noun thousand-year period
| Español | milenio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 천년 cheonnyeon, 천년기 cheonnyeon'gi, 밀레니엄 millenieom |
| 日本語 | 千年 sennen, 千年紀 sennenki, 千年間 sennenkan, 千年期 sennenki, ミレニアム mireniamu |
| 中文 | 千年 qiānnián, 千紀 /千纪 qiānjì |
| हिन्दी | सहस्राब्दी sahasrābdī |
| Kiswahili | milenia |
| Português | milénio, milênio |
| Français | millénaire |
| Deutsch | Jahrtausend, Millennium |
| Italiano | millennio |
| Ελληνικά | χιλιετία chilietía |
| Română | mileniu |
| Русский | тысячеле́тие tysjačelétije |
| Tiếng Việt | thiên niên kỷ |
| العربية | أَلْفِيَّة ʔalfiyya |
| עברית | מִילֶניוּם milényum |
name Christianity: the 1000 year reign of Christ
| Français | millénium |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | χιλιετηρίδα chilietirída |
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