millennium
English Thesaurus
1. a span of 1000 years (noun.time)
| part holonym | : | century, |
| definition | : | a period of 100 years (noun.time) |
2. the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | anniversary, day of remembrance, |
| definition | : | the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) (noun.time) |
3. (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness (noun.time)
| domain category | : | new testament, |
| definition | : | the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication) |
4. a span of 1000 years (noun.time)
| derivation | : | millenary, |
| definition | : | relating to or consisting of 1000 (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | millennial, millennian, |
| definition | : | relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years (adj.pert) |
5. the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) (noun.time)
| derivation | : | millenary, |
| definition | : | relating to or consisting of 1000 (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | millennial, millennian, |
| definition | : | relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years (adj.pert) |
6. (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness (noun.time)
| derivation | : | millenary, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium (adj.pert) |
7. a span of 1000 years (noun.time)
| derivation | : | millenary, |
| definition | : | relating to or consisting of 1000 (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | millennial, millennian, |
| definition | : | relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years (adj.pert) |
8. the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) (noun.time)
| derivation | : | millenary, |
| definition | : | relating to or consisting of 1000 (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | millennial, millennian, |
| definition | : | relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years (adj.pert) |
9. (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness (noun.time)
| derivation | : | millenary, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium (adj.pert) |
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