English Explanatory Dictionary

millennium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
  2. The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.
  3. Any long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.
name
  1. The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
  2. A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.
name
  1. The Kingdom of Christ on Earth, predicted by Christians to come about someday.
  2. A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.

Pronunciation

/mɪˈlɛnɪəm/ En-uk-millennium.oga

Word forms

millennium millennia millenniums millenium the millennium

Etymology

From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).

Synonyms

chiliad kiloannum mul:ka kiloyear kyr yearthousand utopia

Related words

Millennium

Derived words

centimillennium decamillennium light millennium megamillennium millennial millennialism millennially millenniarism millennium bug millennium egg millionennium postmillennium yester-millennium

Translations

Czech: milénium Finnish: millennium Iranian Persian: هزارهی سوم Tagalog: libuntaon
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