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Millennium

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Main Entry:
mil·len·ni·um 
          Listen to the pronunciation of millennium
Pronunciation:
\mə-ˈle-nē-əm\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural mil·len·nia 
          Listen to the pronunciation of millennia \-nē-ə\ or mil·len·niums
Etymology:
New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + New Latin -ennium (as in biennium)
Date:
circa 1638
1 a: the thousand years mentioned in Revelation 20 during which holiness is to prevail and Christ is to reign on earth b: a period of great happiness or human perfection2 a: a period of 1000 years ; especially : one reckoned from the beginning of the Christian era <at the start of the third millennium> b: a 1000th anniversary or its celebration


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