Chaldean Definition

kaldēən
adjective
Of or relating to Chaldea or its people, language, or culture.
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noun
A member of an ancient Semitic people who ruled in Babylonia.
American Heritage
The Semitic language of the Chaldeans.
Webster's New World
An astrologer or sorcerer.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Chaldean

Noun

Singular:
Chaldean
Plural:
chaldeans, chaldees

Origin of Chaldean

  • From Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaios)

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Chaldean Sentence Examples

  • A Chaldean prince, Nabopolassar, set himself up in Babylonia, and Assyria was compelled to invoke the aid of the Askuza.

  • The battle was the turning-point of the age, and with it the succession of the new Chaldean or Babylonian kingdom was assured.

  • The discontented appealed to Rome, and the pope (Julius III.) consecrated the Chaldean catholikos.

  • The newly formed Chaldean power at once recognized in Necho a dangerous rival and Nabopolassar sent his son Nebuchadrezzar, who overthrew the Egyptian forces at Carchemish (605).

  • The earliest metallic money did not consist of coins, but of unminted metal in the form of rings and other ornaments or of weapons, which were used for thousands of years by the Egyptian, Chaldean and Assyrian Empires.

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Words Starting With

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