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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOMENT'OUS, a. Important; weighty; of consequence. Let no false step be made in the momentous concerns of the soul.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1656 important, consequential • momentously adverb • momentousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. having great importance. Derivatives: momentously adv. momentousness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Momentous Mo*men"tous, a. [Cf. L. momentosus rapid, momentary.] Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs. -- Mo*men"tous*ly, adv. -- Mo*men"tous*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you refer to a decision, event, or change as momentous, you mean that it is very important, often because of the effects that it will have in the future. ...the momentous decision to send in the troops... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Important, weighty, significant, grave, serious, of importance, of great consequence.

Moby Thesaurus

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