Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

millenary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: mil-lenary
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.

adj

Of or pertaining to a millennium; millenarian.

noun

A period of one thousand years; a millennium.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Surely, this operation hath this millenary doctrine had upon the hearts of men, that, though they are thereupon apt to expect an appropinquation of their Saviour for their happy advantage, yet they resolutely put off the thought of his coming to the general judgment of the world for many generations."

Etymology

From Latin mīllēnārius.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

millenaries (plural)

Derived Forms

bimillenary

Synonyms

millennium

Questions

What does millenary mean?: Of or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.
Where does millenary come from?: From Latin mīllēnārius.

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