MILLENNIUM


Meaning of MILLENNIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈle-nē-əm ]

noun

( plural mil·len·nia -nē-ə ; or -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 perfection

2.

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.