bimillenary
(baɪˈmɪlɪnərɪ)
[f. bi- prefix2 II + millenary, f. L. millēnārius containing a thousand.]
Properly (like millenary) an adj., meaning: Of or pertaining to two thousand, two thousand strong; but taken to express: A space of two thousand years (for which bimillennium or some derivative of it would be the proper term). Also, the two-thousandth anniversary of an event.
| 1850 J. H. Newman Diffic. Anglic. 130 To testify the very truth of revelation to a fallen generation, or rather to almost a bi-millenary, which has been in unintermittent traditionary error. 1961 in Webster. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xi. 192, I didn't meet the full force of his authority until the celebration of the Bimillenary of Virgil. 1971 Bookseller 13 Nov. 2234/3 The only country to commemorate the recent bimillenary of the death of Lucretius was the Soviet Union. 1981 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. a23/5 The exact date on which we should celebrate ‘the bimillenary’ (2,000th anniversary) of Virgil's death was a subject of controversy. |