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millenary

millenary

9.9
The one thousandth anniversary of an event
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪlənˌɛri/
translation icon : milenario
  • The city is preparing a grand festival to mark its millenary next year.

Examples

  • Historians gathered to commemorate the kingdom's millenary with lectures and exhibitions.

  • The city held a grand celebration for its millenary this year.

  • A special coin was minted in honor of the cathedral's millenary.

  • What a great year for the millenary celebrations!

  • Historians gathered to commemorate the kingdom's millenary with lectures and exhibitions.

  • The city is preparing a grand festival to mark its millenary next year.

  • A special coin was minted in honor of the cathedral's millenary.

Synonyms

millennium
vsmillenary
23 4.5

A celebration for the one thousandth anniversary of an important event

is the less common more formal variant used in older writing

Surface Forms

millenary singular
millenaries plural

Morphology

millenary = millennium (transparent) = millen + ary

Derived from the combining form related to 'millennium' plus -ary to indicate the thousandth anniversary or its celebration; the relation is straightforward.

Etymology

Millenary can also mean the 1,000th anniversary or the celebration of that event, and the name comes from mille 'thousand', so a millenary is the special marking of 'one thousand' years.