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Definition of Milliary
1. a. Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles.
2. n. A milestone.
Definition of Milliary
1. Noun. A milestone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milliary
1. an ancient Roman milestone [n -ARIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milliary
Literary usage of Milliary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire by Powys-land Club (1884)
"Shortly after the reading of Mr. Clayton's paper, I was enabled to communicate
to our Society an account of another milliary, also to Hadrian, ..."
2. Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account, Alphabetically Arranged by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1828)
"... to Ixv. The Amphitheatre and a milliary column are engraved in Montfaucon, Suppl.
iv. bvc 9. ARETHUSA. Near the fountain are discovered two fragments of ..."
3. A Comment Upon Part of the Fifth Journey of Antoninus Through Britain; by Kennet Gibson, Richard Gough (1819)
"In 1785 was found a milliary inscribed with the name of Florianus, now in Mr.
Waller's possession at Chesterton, of which the following account was drawn up ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1883)
"First Britannic milliary squadron, styled Flavian Augustan of Roman citizens,
1000 horse. Second Britannic milliary squadron of Roman citizens, 1000 horse. ..."
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