Definitions for millennium
mɪˈlɛn i əm; -ni əmil·len·ni·um

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. millennium, millenarynoun

   a span of 1000 years

2. millenniumnoun

   (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

3. millennium, millenarynoun

   the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

GCIDERate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Millenniumnoun

   Hence: A long period of happiness, righteousness, and prosperity, usually considered as being in the indefinite future.

2. Millenniumnoun

   A thousandth anniversary; especially, Each first day of January falling in a year which is a multiple of one thousand, such as in 1000 a. d. or 2000 a. d.; as, the second millenium will be celebrated on January 1, 2000; also used attributively, as a millenium celebration. Technically, if the calendar of the Common Era (Anno Domini) is considered as beginning on January 1, 1 a. d., then the millenium will fall in each year ending in 001, as in 1001 a. d. or January 1, 2001 a. d.. However in the common culture, the change of the first digit of the year from 1 to 2, as from 1999 to 2000 is considered as the more symbolic event, especially since the dating of the beginning of the Christian era is somewhat arbitrary, having been an attempt to fix the date of the birth of Christ, and being considered by scholars as being in error by as much as five years.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. millenniumnoun

   A period of time consisting of one thousand years.

2. millenniumnoun

   The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).

3. millenniumnoun

   A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.

4. millenniumnoun

   The year 2000.

5. Etymology: From post-classical millennium, from mille + -ennium (from annus).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MILLENNIUMnoun

   A thousand years; generally taken for the thousand years, during which, according to an ancient tradition in the church, grounded on a doubtful text in the Apocalypse, our blessed Saviour shall reign with the faithful upon earth after the resurrection, before the final completion of beatitude.

   Etymology: Latin.

   We must give a full account of that state called the millennium. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Millennium

   Millennium is a song recorded by English singer Robbie Williams for his second studio album I've Been Expecting You (1998). In September 1998, it was released as the first track from the album and became Williams' first single to top the UK Singles Chart. The song also received extensive airplay in the United States and Canada, where it was the lead single from Williams' 1999 compilation album, The Ego Has Landed. The song borrows heavily from the musical arrangement of John Barry's "You Only Live Twice", the title track of the 1967 James Bond film, said to be one of Williams' favourite James Bond movies. However, it is a re-recording in a slightly different key instead of a direct sample for reasons of cost.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Millenniumnoun

   a thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints

2. Etymology: [LL., fr. L. mille a thousand + annus a year. See Mile, and Annual.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Millennium

   A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years. It derives from the Latin mille, thousand, and annus, year. It is often, but not necessarily, related to a particular dating system. Sometimes, it is used specifically for periods of thousand years that begin at the starting point of the calendar in consideration, or in later years that are whole number multiples of a thousand years after it. The term can also refer to an interval of time beginning on any date. Frequently in the latter case it may have religious or theological implications. Sometimes in use, such an interval called a "millennium" might be interpreted less precisely, i.e., not always being exactly 1000 years long. It could be, for example, 1050, 1500, etc.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Millennium

   mil-len′i-um, n. a thousand years: the thousand years during which, as some believe, Christ will personally reign on the earth.—adj. Millenā′rian, lasting a thousand years: pertaining to the millennium.—n. one believing in the millennium.—ns. Millenā′rianism, Mil′lenarism, the doctrine of millenarians.—adj. Mill′enary, consisting of a thousand.—n. a thousand years.—adj. Millenn′ial, pertaining to a thousand years, or to the millennium.—ns. Millenn′ialist, a believer in the millennium; Millenn′ianism, Millenn′iarism, belief in the millennium. [L. mille, 1000, annus, a year.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. millennium

   1. A thousand years beginning with Now and ending with Then. 2. A mythical period when every one will pay his debts and begin tomorrow again on renewed credit. 3. A religious cycle which has no visible means of support, even admitting the ideality of time. Hence, by extension and usage--[Here insert a Mergenthaler pi line of thirty-two ems.]

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How to pronounce millennium?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of millennium in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of millennium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of millennium in a Sentence

1. Andrew Collins:

   I saw the goat that someone had drawn on Strava in Perth a couple of months ago and thought ‘something needs to be done in Canberra,’ so with a bit of creative stop-starting, I mapped out the Millennium Falcon.

2. Albino Oliveira:

   Strong falls in bank shares in the last few days, especially Millennium BCP, drew the attention of investors who took advantage to get back into these stocks at lower prices amid high volatility, the lack of reaction in debt yields to the environment of political uncertainty shows the market is following the situation but is not stressing out about it.

3. Jake Baum:

   We're currently at a sort of crossroads in global malaria control, we've had decades of progress in reducing the number of deaths from the turn of the millennium. But we've kind of reached this point where we sort of stalled in our progress and there are some worrying signs of emerging drug resistance, just like you have antibiotic resistance to bacteria.

4. Claudio Cavazzuti:

   Our study emphasizes the social and political role of Bronze Age women as agents of cultural hybridization and change, we may also argue that the integration into the kinship group of high-ranking women from outside, as a result of marriage exchanges, might have been crucial for the emerging elite of the 2nd millennium BC.

5. Zsuzsanna Jakab:

   Europe has not managed to reach the 2015 Millennium Development Goal target ... and time is running out, we cannot afford dropping our guard on HIV/AIDS.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=millennium
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=millennium
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Millennium
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=millennium
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millennium
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=millennium
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=millennium
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=millennium