/mil"euh ner'ee/ , adj., n., pl. millenaries .
adj.
1. consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, esp. a thousand years.
2. pertaining to the millennium.
n.
3. an aggregate of a thousand.
4. millennium.
5. millenarian.
[ 1540-50; millenarius consisting of a thousand, equiv. to millen ( i ) a thousand each (L mill ( e ) thousand + -eni distributive suffix) + -arius -ARY ]