"millionennium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: millionennia [plural], millionenniums [plural]
Etymology: Blend of million + millennium. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|million|millennium}} Blend of million + millennium Head templates: {{en-noun|millionennia|s}} millionennium (plural millionennia or millionenniums)
  1. (rare) Synonym of mega-annum: a period of time consisting of one million years. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: mega-annum [synonym, synonym-of]

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          "ref": "2002 July 24, Zeborah, “Re: How come Jean-Luc Picard is an atheist?”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet), message-ID <1ffuli5.1jnrg03twlaofN%zeborahnz@mac.com>",
          "text": "> > The reason that I ask is that I'm developing a Science Fiction story / > > which incorporates this idea. I'm wondering what kinds of religions / > > would arrise from this kind of information. Surely there would not be / > > a single galactic religion, / Um, understatement of the... millionennium.",
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