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