millennium
/mɪˈlɛnɪəm/noun4 syllables
Millennium means: a span of 1000 years.
Synonyms for millennium7
noun, as in a span of 1000 years
millenary
noun, as in the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
millenary
also used for millennium
chiliad, kiloannum, mul:ka, kiloyear, kyr, yearthousand
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What does millennium mean?3
noun
1
a span of 1000 years
2
the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
3
(New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Millennium in a sentence
- How many centuries are there in a millennium?Amastan
- The advent of the euro is the beacon for the new millennium.alcalino
- A millennium is made up of a hundred decades.AlanF_US
- A millennium spans a period of ten centuries.sundown
- Your religion was invented in the second millennium.nonong
- All the aliens in that sector speak a common language constructed a millennium ago.shekitten
- Even now, in the second millennium, many women suffer discrimination in all aspects of life.AlanF_US
- We've already prepared for the millennium bug.FeuDRenais2
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Forms of millennium
as a noun
- plural
- millennia