millennium

Meaning

Noun

  • A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
  • The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
  • A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.
  • The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

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Origin

  • From Late Latin millennium, from Latin mÄ«lle ("thousand") + -ennium (from annus).

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