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Definition: Milliary
Milliary
\Mil"li*a*ry\, n.; pl.
Milliaries. [L. milliarium.
See
Milliary, a.]
A milestone.
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Milliary
\Mil"li*a*ry\ (m[i^]l"l[i^]*[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L.
milliarius containing a thousand, fr. mille thousand: cf. F.
milliaire milliary. See
Mile.]
Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting
a mile or miles.
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A milliary column, from which they used to compute the
distance of all the cities and places of note.
--Evelyn.
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