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Mag•nus An•nus
(mäg′nŏŏs än′nŏŏs),USA pronunciation [Latin.]
- Classics, Foreign Termsthe Great Year: a cycle of years, usually a thousand, that begins with a Golden Age, steadily deteriorates, and ends with a universal catastrophe, either a fire or a flood.
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