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

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. ]

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 ]

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 ]