milliary

English

Etymology

From Latin mīlliārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪli.əɹi/, /ˈmɪljəɹi/

Noun

milliary (plural milliaries)

1. A milestone.

Adjective

milliary (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles.
   • 1644 November 11 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:

     A milliary column, from whence they used to compute the distance of all the cities and places of note.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “milliary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)