millennium

  • 21millennium — [mɪ lɛnɪəm] noun (plural millennia nɪə or millenniums) 1》 a period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ.     ↘(the millennium) Christian Theology the prophesied thousand year reign of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 22Millennium —    A thousand years; the name given to the era mentioned in Rev. 20:1 7. Some maintain that Christ will personally appear on earth for the purpose of establishing his kingdom at the beginning of this millennium. Those holding this view are… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 23millennium — A thousand years. Christian apologists [[➝ apologetic]], explaining the delay in the return of Christ to the world, appealed to Ps. 90:4 in the sight of God a thousand years are but as yesterday (2 Pet. 3:8). Rev. (17:1–18:24) expected the End… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 24millennium — mil|len|ni|um [mıˈleniəm] n plural millennia [ niə] [Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: Latin mille thousand + annus year ] 1.) a period of 1000 years ▪ people who have inhabited this land for millennia …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25millennium — mil|len|ni|um [ mı leniəm ] (plural mil|len|ni|a [ mı leniə ] or mil|len|ni|ums) noun count a period of 1,000 years a. the beginning of a period of 1,000 years: People celebrating the millennium filled the streets. b. the millennium the time when …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26millennium — noun plural millennia, 1 (C) a period of 1000 years 2 (C) the time when a new 1000 year period begins: plans for celebrating the millennium, in the year 2000 3 the millennium the time in the future when Jesus Christ will return and rule on Earth… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27millennium — noun (plural millennia 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… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28millennium — noun /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/ a) A period of time consisting of one thousand years. But the aggressive members of society are always tending to become bullies, robbers, and swindlers; and no one believes that sucha state of things as we now live in is the… …

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  • 29millennium — n VI; lm M. millenniumnnia, D. millenniumnniów «okres tysiąca lat; tysiąclecie» Polska na progu drugiego millennium …

    Słownik języka polskiego

  • 30millennium — n 1. a thousand years, chiliad, millenary. 2. the millennium the Second Coming, the Second Advent, the Parousia. 3. golden age, Utopia halcyon days, heaven on earth …

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