[mil.le.na.ry] n, pl -ries [LL millenarium, fr. neut. of millenarius of a thousand, fr. L milleni one thousand each, fr. mille] (1550) 1 a: a group of 1000 units or things b: 1000 years: millennium
2: millenarian
[2]millenary adj [L millenarius] (ca. 1641) 1: relating to or consisting of 1000
2: suggesting a millennium