millennium

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a period of one thousand years

   The manuscript survived for nearly a millennium before it was translated.

2. 2
   noun

   an idealized future age of peace, justice, or prosperity

   The reformers warned that no political system could produce a millennium overnight.

3. 3
   noun

   the thousand-year reign of Christ described in the Book of Revelation

   Some theologians interpret the millennium as a literal future kingdom.

From Late Latin millennium, formed from Latin mille, 'thousand,' and annus, 'year.' The biblical sense refers to the thousand-year reign described in Revelation; from it developed the broader idea of an anticipated age of peace or perfection.

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