millennium

/mi'leniəm/

Thân thiện

A city celebrates its millennium with a grand parade.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A period of one thousand years: A span of time consisting of 1,000 consecutive years.
   • The 1000th anniversary of an event (or its celebration): The point in time marking the completion of a thousand years since a significant date, often commemorated with festivities.
   • (Theology) A future thousand-year age of peace and righteousness: In Christian eschatology, particularly based on the Book of Revelation, a prophesied future period where Christ and his followers will reign on Earth.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • We are living in the third millennium of the Common Era.
  • The city planned a grand festival for its millennium.
  • Some religious teachings describe a coming millennium of perfect peace.

Advanced Usage

• "Millennial" (adj): Relating to a millennium or to the characteristics of the generation coming of age around the turn of the 3rd millennium (the late 20th/early 21st century).

  • Millennial celebrations were held worldwide at the start of the year 2000.
  • Millennial attitudes towards work are often studied by sociologists.

• "Pre-millennial" / "Post-millennial" (adj): Theological terms referring to beliefs about the timing of Christ's return in relation to the prophesied thousand-year reign.

  • Pre-millennial theology expects Christ's return before the thousand-year period.

Variants and Related Words

• Millennia (n, plural): The standard plural form of "millennium."

  • Several millennia have passed since the dawn of civilization.

• Millenarian (adj/n): Pertaining to a belief in a major transformation of society, often associated with the millennium.

  • The movement was based on millenarian beliefs.

Synonyms

• Chiliad: (Formal) A period of one thousand years.
• Thousand-year period: A descriptive synonym.
• Kiloannum (ka): A unit used in scientific fields, especially geology, denoting one thousand years.

Related Phrases

• Turn of the millennium: The time period around the transition from one millennium to the next (e.g., 1999-2000).
  • Technological anxiety was common at the turn of the millennium.

Related Idioms

• A once-in-a-millennium event: An extremely rare occurrence.
  • The alignment of all the planets is a once-in-a-millennium event.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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
3. a span of 1000 years

Từ đồng nghĩa

• millenary