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.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un período de mil años, usado frecuentemente en contextos históricos, religiosos o celebrativos, como el reino milenario mencionado en el Apocalipsis de Juan o la conmemoración de un aniversario de mil años.

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.

   🇪🇸Milenio

   Sinónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸Milenio (reino de mil años)

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.

   🇪🇸Milenario (milésimo aniversario)

   Sinónimos: chiliadmillenary

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