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n. a span of 2000 years.
Syn. -- bimillennium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It. & L. ] (Mus.) See Cantabile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. galena lead ore, dross that remains after melting lead: cf. F. galène sulphide of lead ore, antidote to poison, stillness of the sea, calm, tranquility. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Med.) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriaca. [ Obs. ] Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. [ 1913 Webster ]

False galena. See Blende.

n. [ L.: cf. Sp. helena. ] See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] A procuress. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Physics.) Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed of any material permeable by cathode rays, as aluminium, which forms a portion of a wall of a vacuum tube, or which is mounted within the tube and exposed to radiation from the cathode. Lenard rays are similar in all their known properties to cathode rays. So called from the German physicist Philipp Lenard (b. 1862), who first described them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) A tube for producing Lenard rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. (Ethnol.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Med.) See Melaena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of mesitylenic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Millenary. ] Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The doctrine of Millenarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. millenarius, fr. milleni a thousand each, fr. mille a thousand: cf. F. millénaire. See Mile. ] Consisting of a thousand; millennial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian.“During that millenary.” Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plenus full. Cf. Plenary. ] Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a plenary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being plenary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a benefice when occupied. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty. ] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. --
Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of meal or pollen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + galena. ] (Min.) False galena, or blende. See Blende (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.). Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; spleen + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; pain. ] (Med.) Pain over the region of the spleen. [ 1913 Webster ]