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| mil·len·ni·um [ mi lénnee əm ] (plural mil·len·ni·ums or mil·len·ni·a [ mi lénnee ə ]) |
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1. 1,000 years: a period of 1,000 years, especially a period that begins or ends in a year that is a multiple of 1,000
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2. prophesied rule by Jesus Christ: the thousand-year period of peace that, according to one interpretation of prophecies in the book of Revelation, will follow the Second Coming of Jesus Christ
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3. hoped-for utopian age: an imagined future utopian age of joy, peace, and justice, especially one created through revolution
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4. thousandth anniversary: a thousand-year anniversary, especially the one in the year 2000
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| [Mid-17th century. < modern Latin< Latin mille "thousand" + annus "year" (see annual)] |
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  mil·len·ni·al·ism noun |
| mil·len·ni·al·ist noun |
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