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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIL'LIARY, a. [L. milliarium, a milestone.]
Pertaining to a mile; denoting a mile; as a milliary column.

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin milliarius, miliarius consisting of a thousand, one mile long, from mille thousand, mile Date: circa 1660 marking the distance of a Roman mile

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Milliary Mil"li*a*ry, 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. A milliary column, from which they used to compute the distance of all the cities and places of note. --Evelyn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Milliary Mil"li*a*ry, n.; pl. Milliaries. [L. milliarium. See Milliary, a.] A milestone.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Mile-stone.