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Definition of Millenary

1. Noun. The 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it).

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium.

3. Noun. A span of 1000 years.

4. Adjective. Relating to or consisting of 1000.

5. Noun. A sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years).

Definition of Millenary

1. a. Consisting of a thousand; millennial.

2. n. The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian.

Definition of Millenary

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a millennium; millenarian ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Millenary

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Millenary

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Literary usage of Millenary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1842)
"Other millenary Petitions. Unfair Dealing in procuring of ff ande. Under favour, I conceive this petition, by us lately exemplified, the proper millenary ..."

2. Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to by Edward Potts Cheyney (1922)
"A more dignified and more definite statement of a number of the reforms desired by the Puritans is contained in the so-called millenary Petition, ..."

3. Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving by Bram Stoker (1907)
"KING ALFRED millenary o'clock we went to Ihe Chapter House. At two punctually he stepped on ... This was at the King Alfred millenary at Winchester in 1901. ..."

4. Source-book of English History: Leading Documents, Together with by Guy Carleton Lee (1900)
"The millenary Petition ... to take his place on the English throne, the Puritan clergy presented to him the paper known to us as the millenary Petition. ..."

5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1892)
"... millenary OF THE PILLSBURY FAMILY.—The 250th anniversary of the settlement of William Pillsbury in New England was commemorated by a meeting of ..."

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