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magnus annus

magnus annus noun: a cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.

Noun

magnus annus

  1. A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.
    • The sign of Gemini does not seem to have exerted a beneficent influence on the growth of human culture, but as the Magnus Annus of Taurus came round, things seem to have grown more stable and solid.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161

Origin of magnus annus

From the Latin magnus annus (literally “great year”).

Questions about magnus annus

What does magnus annus mean?
Magnus annus means a cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.
What part of speech is magnus annus?
Magnus annus is a noun.

Words near magnus annus in the dictionary

  1. magnum opi
  2. magnum opus
  3. magnum opuses
  4. magnums
  5. Magnus
  6. magnus annus
  7. Magnus effect
  8. Magnus effects
  9. magnus hitch
  10. magnus hitches
  11. Magnus' green salt

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