Meaning of Millenium | Babel Free
Definitions
- Period of one thousand years of length.
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Archaic spelling of millennium. alt-of, archaic
Examples
“But I think that this interval will be 1260 years: 1st, 1000 years of the millenium; 20, 260 years, the times of Gog and Magog; and the great assize, or judgment of the world, the sum of which is 1260 years.”
“millenium, 1000 years: annuity, yearly income: annuitant; anniversary, the return of any particular day in the year; superannuated, disqualified by age. Septennial parliaments. A perennial plant. The Millenium was expected.”
“Thus in the case of the 1,000 years, or the millenium, as it is commonly called, Mr. LORD is not only chargeable with this fallacy, but he makes it worse by mingling the two kinds of numbers together, in one arbitrary product.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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