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Definition of Chaldea

1. Noun. An ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II.

2. Noun. An ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king).

Definition of Chaldea

1. Proper noun. a nation in the southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaldea

Chalcedon Chalcedonian Chalcedonians Chalcese Chalchese Chalcidae Chalcididae Chalcis Chalcostigma Chaldaea

Chaldaean Chaldaic Chaldaics Chaldaism Chaldaisms Chaldea (current term) Chaldean Chaldean Catholic Church Chaldeans Chaldee

Chaldees Chaldæa Chaldæan Chaldæans Challis Chalon Chalons Chalons-sur-Marne Chalybean Chamaea

Literary usage of Chaldea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Isolation of Egypt and Chaldea. — In Asia, civilizations rose at an early date in China and in India (§ 3 ); but they were divided from Chaldea by vast ..."

2. The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian by Delphian Society (1913)
"CHAPTER IIL PREHISTORIC Chaldea. We have already noted that prehistoric ... By the term Chaldea we are to understand that portion of the valleys which ..."

3. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Version of the Cotton Manuscript in by John Mandeville, Willem van Ruysbroeck, Odorico (1905)
"Of the array of men of Chaldea. Of the land where women dwell without company of men. ... This land of Job marcheth to the kingdom of Chaldea. ..."

4. The Church and the Gentile World at the First Promulgation of the Gospel by Augustus J. Thébaud (1878)
"Nations of Syria and Chaldea. In the earliest period of history, ... a "mixture of all races," chiefly when it is considered in conjunction with Chaldea, ..."

5. Dawn of Art in the Ancient World: An Archaeological Sketch by William Martin Conway (1891)
"Assyria therefore must be counted the first-born son of Chaldea. If Chaldea had preserved for us a larger number of monuments we should have been able to ..."

6. Dawn of Art in the Ancient World: An Archaeological Sketch by William Martin Conway (1891)
"Assyria therefore must be counted the first-born son of Chaldea. If Chaldea had preserved for us a larger number of monuments we should have been able to ..."

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