Chiliad
[kil-ee-ad] /ˈkɪl iˌæd/
noun
1.
a group of 1000.
2.
a period of 1000 years.
/ˈkɪlɪˌæd/
noun
1.
a group of one thousand
2.
one thousand years
n.
“group of 1,000” (of the same sort), 1590s, from Latinized form of Greek khiliados, from khilioi “a thousand; the number 1,000” (see chiliasm).
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