2 entries under this word

Milliary

Mil'li-a-ry, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. milliarius, containing a thousand, from mille, thousand; Fr. milliaire, milliary, Sp. miliario, It. miliare.] Pertaining to a mile; denoting a mile. “A milliary column, from which they used to compute the distance of all the cities and places of note.” Evelyn.

Mil'li-a-ry, n.

noun

n. [Lat. milliarium, a mile-stone which indicated a distance of one thousand paces, i. e., a Roman mile, from milliarius. See supra.] A mile-stone.