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   millennium

   /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"
   • ▪ the prophesied thousand-year reign of Christ at the end of the age (Rev. 20:1–5): "Archer's treatise predicted that the millennium was close at hand"
   • ▪ a utopian period of justice, peace, and prosperity: "the people must seize power—the millennium cannot be imposed on them from above"
   • 2. an anniversary of a thousand years: "the millennium of the Russian Orthodox Church"
   • ▪ the point at which one period of a thousand years ends and another begins: "as we approach the millennium the only certainty is change"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Latin mille ‘thousand’, on the pattern of biennium.

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   Millennium definition: a period of 1,000 years. See examples of MILLENNIUM used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   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.

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   MILLENNIUM meaning: 1 : a period of 1,000 years; 2 : a period of a thousand years counted from the beginning of the Christian era.

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   1. A span of one thousand years. 2. A thousand-year period of holiness mentioned in the book of Revelation, during which Jesus and his faithful followers are to rule on earth. 3. A hoped-for period of joy, serenity, prosperity, and justice. 4. A thousandth anniversary.

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