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- Dictionarymillennium/mɪˈlɛnɪəm/
noun
- 1. a period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ: "silver first came into use on a substantial scale during the 3rd millennium"
- 2. an anniversary of a thousand years: "the millennium of the Russian Orthodox Church"
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MILLENNIUM definition: 1. a period of 1,000 years, or the time when a period of 1,000 years ends: 2. the beginning of a…. Learn more.
1. a. : the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation sense 3) 20 during which holiness is to prevail and Christ is to reign on earth. b. : a period of great happiness or human perfection. 2. a. : a period of 1000 years. especially : one reckoned from the beginning of the Christian era. at the start of the third millennium. b.
Millennium definition: a period of 1,000 years. See examples of MILLENNIUM used in a sentence.
A millennium (pl. millennia or millenniums) is a period of one thousand years, sometimes called a kiloannum (ka), or kiloyear (ky). Normally, the word is used specifically for periods of a thousand years that begin at the starting point (initial reference point) of the calendar in consideration and at later years that are whole number multiples ...
MILLENNIUM meaning: 1. a period of 1,000 years, or the time when a period of 1,000 years ends: 2. the beginning of a…. Learn more.
A millennium is a period of one thousand years, especially one which begins and ends with a year ending in '000', for example the period from the year 1000 to the year 2000. [formal] 2. singular noun. Many people refer to the year 2000 as the Millennium. ...the eve of the Millennium.
/məˈlɛniəm/ /mɪˈlɛniəm/ IPA guide. Other forms: millenniums; millennia. A decade means ten years, a century means a hundred, and millennium means a thousand. Think: a decade of marriage, the new millennium. In Latin, in the Romance languages, and in the metric system, mille refers to a thousand.
