Millennium (Noun)
Meaning 1
The 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 2
(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.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 3
A span of 1000 years.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The calendar has slipped slightly over the millennium due to a small inaccuracy in our estimation of the year 1.
- There is a traditional notion that each millennium brings a sense of collective anxiety or end-of-the-world attitudes.
- Cycles occur roughly every half millennium in the most studied societies.
- In many cultures it was believed that major shifts of this kind took place at the beginning of a new millennium.
- We are roughly ten years into this millennium and significant shifts in technology have already taken place worldwide.