Chaldean

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kælˈdi.ən/

Adjective

Chaldean (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.
    • 2009, Behemoth, Daimonos
      Honour me! Chaldean priests / Bow to me in adoration

Translations
of ancient Babylonia — see Babylonian

Noun

Chaldean (plural Chaldeans)

  1. A native of Chaldea; a Chaldee.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:
      Astrologers, when they observe this pattern, insist that it corresponds to the zodiacal progression. I am not an astrologer and I hold no brief for it, but I do believe the origins of astrology are not with the Chaldeans of Mesopotamia but with the hunters and gatherers of the Stone Age.
  2. A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
  3. (biblical) A diviner or astrologer.

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Proper noun

Chaldean

  1. The West Semitic language of the ancient Chaldeans.
  2. (historical) Synonym of Biblical Aramaic (now considered a misnomer).
  3. Synonym of Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

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