Millennium
WordNet
noun
(1) A span of 1000 years
(2) The 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
(3) (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
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Etymology
From post-classical , from + (from ).
Noun
- A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
- The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to some interpretations of Revelation 20:1-5).
- A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 318:
- But the aggressive members of society are always tending to become bullies, robbers, and swindlers; and no one believes that sucha state of things as we now live in is the millennium.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 318:
- The year 2000.