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millenniary

millenniary adjective: synonym of millenarian.

Adjective

millenniary (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of millenarian.
    • Particularly Rom[ans] viii. 19, 20, 21. which I would thus render, and thus punctuate: The earneſtly wiſhful expectancy of the creation, i. e. of the brute-creation; that implicit thirſt after happineſs, wrought and kneaded into the very being of every creature endued with ſenſitive life; virtually...a. 1779, Augustus Toplady, “An Essay on Original Sin”, in The Gleanings of the Vintage, Being Several Essays and Meditations Selected from the Manuscripts of Periodical Papers, […], Lincoln...
    • They also set the terms for the millenniary process through which apartheid might engineer a racially separated but economically integrated society.1987 January, Jean Comaroff, “The Political Mythology of Apartheid. By Leonard Thompson. […]”, in American Journal of Sociology, volume 92, number 4, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →DOI...
    Synonyms:
    millenarian
  2. Synonym of millennial (“relating to a millennium”).
    • millenniary celebration of Rome's foundation2000, David L. Vagi, Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, page 328
    • millenniary celebration for Ansgar's arrival in Denmark2002, Martin Schwarz Lausten, A Church History of Denmark, page 218
    Synonyms:
    millennial

Synonyms of millenniary

Origin of millenniary

From millennium + -ary.

Questions about millenniary

What does millenniary mean?
Millenniary means synonym of millenarian.
What part of speech is millenniary?
Millenniary is an adjective.

Words near millenniary in the dictionary

  1. millennials
  2. millennian
  3. millennianism
  4. millennians
  5. millenniarism
  6. millenniary
  7. millennist
  8. millennists
  9. millennium
  10. millennium bug
  11. Millennium Development Goal

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