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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1606-1661
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Millenarie, n. [e.m.E. myllenary (1550), millenarie (1555).] a. A total of one thousand (of persons). b. A believer in the millennium. —a. 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xiii.
[Kirks] of old were called parochials, comprising for the most part a millenarie of peopleb. 1645 Baillie II. 313. 1661 The Work Goes Bonnely On 7.
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