millennium

A noun referring to a period of one thousand years, often used in historical, religious, or celebratory contexts, such as the thousand-year reign mentioned in the Book of Revelation or the commemoration of a 1000th anniversary.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Zeitraum von tausend Jahren bezeichnet, oft verwendet im historischen, religiösen oder feierlichen Kontext, etwa für das tausendjährige Reich in der Offenbarung des Johannes oder für die Feier eines tausendjährigen Jubiläums.

1. Thousand-year period B2 formal

   A period of one thousand years, often used in historical or geological contexts.

   • The last millennium saw incredible technological advancements.
   • Historians study changes that occurred over the course of a millennium.
   • The artifact dates back to the second millennium BCE.

   🇩🇪Jahrtausend

   Synonyme: chiliadmillenary

2. Biblical thousand-year reign C1 formal

   In Christian theology, particularly the Book of Revelation, a prophesied thousand-year period of peace and righteousness when Christ and his faithful followers will reign on Earth. Interpretations vary widely among denominations.

   • The concept of the millennium is central to certain eschatological beliefs.
   • Some groups, like Jehovah's Witnesses, interpret the millennium as a literal thousand years of divine rule.
   • Theologians have debated the meaning of the millennium for centuries.

   🇩🇪Biblisches Tausendjähriges Reich

3. Thousandth anniversary B2 formal

   The one-thousandth anniversary of an event, or the celebrations associated with it.

   • The city held a grand festival to mark its millennium.
   • The millennium of the kingdom's founding was celebrated with a parade.
   • Special coins were minted for the millennium of the university.

   🇩🇪Tausendjahrfeier

   Synonyme: chiliadmillenary

• millennia plural form
• millenniums plural form
• millennia's possessive plural form
• millenniums' possessive plural form
• millennium's possessive singular form