(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
the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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The current hypothesis is that the Vedic form of Sanskrit survived until the middle of the first millennium BC. 当前的假说就是梵语形式的吠陀经保存了下来，直到公元前一千年中叶为止。
Each of these Pyramid inches represents one millennium, or 1000 years, showing that Zoroaster was the middle Manifestation. 每一个这些棱椎的每一英寸都代表一个千禧年，或一千年，表明琐罗亚斯德是中间的表现。
I do not expect the millennium to come during my lifetime. 我并不指望我这一生中能碰上太平盛世。
经典引文
The millenniums preceding the 17th century.
出自：Scientific American
The distilled wisdom of millennia of human experience.
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[mɪ'leniəm]
