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mil·len·ni·um
 millennium
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noun |
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millennia, millenniums |
| definition 1: |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years.
The Roman Empire was on the rise at the beginning of the first millennium C.E.
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| definition 2: |
according to the Bible, a future thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ on earth.
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| definition 3: |
a period of peace, justice, harmony, and joy that is wished for or expected to come at some time in the future.
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heaven |
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