milliary noun & adjective. ['mɪlɪǝri] Also miliary. E17.
[Latin milliarius, from mille thousand: see MILE, -ARY¹.]
A. noun. A stone or mark set up by the ancient Romans as a point of departure in measuring distances of a thousand paces; a milestone. E17.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the ancient Roman mile of a thousand paces; marking a mile. M17.

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