Pronounced: ploo-tuh-MAY-nee-uh, noun
Notes: I was on the right track for this word, but had the wrong meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word chiliad is
- a group of 1,000
- a period of 1,000 years; especially one reckoned from the beginning of the Christian era
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
I am used to the term millennium for a 1,000-year period; however, chiliad is the older term (millennium came into English in the early 1600s). Our word comes from the Greek word chilioi (thousand). Just for the record, the word “millennium” came from the Latin word for “thousand”.
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