Meaning & use

Millenary

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Relating to a thousand, especially a period of a thousand years or its anniversary.

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The city held a millenary celebration to mark its thousand-year history.

The museum's exhibit covers a millenary span of the region's culture.

A note on using this word

From the Latin 'millenarius' (containing a thousand); it can also function as a noun meaning 'a thousand' or 'a millennium'.

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2. noun

A period of a thousand years, or the thousandth anniversary of an event.

Scholars gathered to mark the millenary of the university's founding.

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