millenary noun & adjective. [mɪ'lɛnǝri, 'mɪlɪnǝri] M16.
[from late Latin millenarius consisting of a thousand, commander of a thousand, from milleni a thousand each, from mille a thousand: see -ARY¹. In sense A.2 from ecclesiastical Latin millenarii millenarian heretics.]
A. noun.
1. A total sum of one thousand; esp. a continuous period of one thousand years. M16.
sabbatical millenary: see SABBATICAL adjective.
b. (A celebration of) a thousandth anniversary. L19.

2. Christian Church. A believer in the millennium. M16.
b. adjective.
1. Christian Church. Of or pertaining to the millennium, or believers in the millennium. L16.

2. Consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, esp. a thousand years. E17.
millenary petition Hist. a petition presented by Puritan ministers (represented as one thousand) to James I in 1603, requesting changes in ecclesiastical ceremony etc.

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