millennium | | |
n. (time) | 1. millenary, millennium | a span of 1000 years. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ century | a period of 100 years. |
n. (time) | 2. millennium | (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. |
| ~ doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school. |
| ~ new testament | 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. |
n. (time) | 3. millenary, millennium | the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it). |
| ~ anniversary, day of remembrance | the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it). |
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