millennium

Plural: millennia, millenniums

Noun

• a span of 1000 years
• (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
• the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
• A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
• The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
• A long era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity.
• The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

Examples

• A huge fireworks display was put on in Sydney to celebrate the millennium.
• The Nazis' concept for the so-called Thousand-Year Reich of their infallible Leader has been described as but a pale pseudoreligious false-prophet imitation of the Christian concept of the millennium of Christ regnant.
• usher in the millennium

Synonyms

millenary, kiloannum, kiloyear, kyr, mul:ka, yearthousand