adj. 1. Of or relating to a thousand, especially to a thousand years; millenarian. 2. a. Of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium; millenarian. b. Of or relating to millenarians. n. pl. mil·le·nar·ies 1. A sum or total of one thousand, especially a thousand years. 2. A millenarian. [Latin mīllēnārius, from mīllēnī, a thousand each, from mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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