Definition of millenary in English:
millenary
nounPlural millenaries mɪˈlɛnəriˈmɪlɪnəriˈmɪləˌnɛri
1A period of a thousand years.
Compare with millennium
- 1.1 A thousandth anniversary.
Example sentencesExamples
- Clearly, much of what was propagated about Alfred at the time of the millenary was based on the accretion of centuries of tradition and myth.
- The Alfred the Great millenary in 1901 makes this problem apparent.
adjective mɪˈlɛnəriˈmɪlɪnəriˈmɪləˌnɛri
Consisting of a thousand people, years, etc.
he mustered millenary forces
Example sentencesExamples
- For them, the millenary celebrations proffered an avenue to the rebuilding of the cultural self-confidence needed to continue ruling the empire.
- Thornycroft was thus largely given free rein to devise an idealized image of Anglo-Saxon Englishness in his statue for the millenary commemoration.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from late Latin millenarius 'having a thousand', based on Latin mille 'thousand'.
Rhymes
antennary, bimillenary, venery
Definition of millenary in US English:
millenary
nounˈmiləˌnerēˈmɪləˌnɛri
1A period of a thousand years.
Compare with millennium
- 1.1 A thousandth anniversary.
Example sentencesExamples
- Clearly, much of what was propagated about Alfred at the time of the millenary was based on the accretion of centuries of tradition and myth.
- The Alfred the Great millenary in 1901 makes this problem apparent.
adjectiveˈmiləˌnerēˈmɪləˌnɛri
Consisting of a thousand people, years, etc.
he mustered millenary forces
Example sentencesExamples
- Thornycroft was thus largely given free rein to devise an idealized image of Anglo-Saxon Englishness in his statue for the millenary commemoration.
- For them, the millenary celebrations proffered an avenue to the rebuilding of the cultural self-confidence needed to continue ruling the empire.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from late Latin millenarius ‘having a thousand’, based on Latin mille ‘thousand’.