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Definition of Chaldean
1. Adjective. Of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture.
Derivative terms: Chaldaean, Chaldea, Chaldea, Chaldea, Chaldea, Chaldee
Partainyms: Chaldea, Chaldea, Chaldea
2. Noun. A wise man skilled in occult learning.
3. Noun. An inhabitant of ancient Chaldea.
Definition of Chaldean
1. a. Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
Definition of Chaldean
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general. ¹
2. Noun. A native of Chaldea; a Chaldee. ¹
3. Noun. A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church, a uniate church of the Roman Catholic Church. ¹
4. Noun. (context biblical) A diviner or astrologer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaldean
Literary usage of Chaldean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Times, a History of the Early World: An Introduction to the Study of by James Henry Breasted (1916)
"Reign of At Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, the greatest of the Chaldean ... The Chaldean
Empire (about 606 to 539 BC). See Section 20. With the exception of parts ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Pelasgians, Etruscans, and Iberians; their relations to the Founders of the
Chaldean and Egyptian Civilisations. By JS STUART GLENNIE, MA In the author's ..."
3. Outlines of European History by James Harvey Robinson, James Henry Breasted, Charles Austin Beard (1914)
"The Chaldeans were therefore obliged to divide the Assyrian Empire with the Medes,
and the Chaldean share was the south and west. But in order to hold their ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Chaldean Church in ancient times was most flourishing, ... The Chaldean Church
took up his heresy and became Nestorian (see Chaldean CHRISTIANS). ..."
5. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett, John Elton (1898)
"A Chaldean Mortar : the earliest known ... The earliest historical specimen extant
of any grain stone happens to be a Chaldean mortar. ..."
6. A History of Babylonia and Assyria by Robert William Rogers (1900)
"Of the Chaldean communities which had not been absorbed by the Babylonians the
... North of it were a number of Chaldean tribes, among which Bit-Sil- ani, ..."
7. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"This fact goes far to explain the constant attempts of Chaldean princes upon
Babylon. They were not moved by a sentimental appreciation of the glories of ..."
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