Chaldeeadj.n.
/ˈkaldiː/, /kalˈdiː/, U.S. /ˈkældi/ A. adj.
= Chaldean adj., Chaldaic adj.
B. n.
a. A native of Chaldea.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun] > person
Idumaeanc897
PhilistineeOE
PhilisteeOE
Philistianc1375
Midianitea1382
Moabitea1382
Chaldee1382
Scytha1387
Ammonitea1393
Alana1450
Amorite1530
Kenite1535
Scythian1543
Nabatean1555
Illyrian1584
Sabaean1607
Hittite1608
Homerite1613
White Hun1653
Judahite1708
Alarodian1709
Cimmerian1797
Thamudite1833
Himyarite1842
Akkadian1857
Saka1880
Ephthalite1882
Kassite1888
Hurrian1911
Hattian1914
Tarsian1914
Subarian1923
Gutian1928
Urartian1934
Nesite1949
Luvian1961
Eblaite1976
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer
soothsayer1381
Chaldee1382
ariole1398
ariolerc1475
bruterer1530
Chaldean1581
weird1625
ariolater1652
ariolist1652
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Dan. ii. 10 Eche dyuynour, and witche, and Caldey.
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 304 Martin Simion..is a Chalde borne.
b. The language of the Chaldeans: also the biblical ‘Syriac’ or Aramaic.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic
Chaldeish?c1510
Chaldee1602
Chaldic1623
Chaldean1690
Aramaic1882
Samaritan1886
Palmyrene1890
Nabatean1911
1602 T. Fitzherbert Def. Catholyke Cause 49 As wel in the Greeke text, as in the Siriac & Caldie.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 5 A Language..which is sometimes called Syriac, and sometimes Chaldee.
Compounds
Chaldee Paraphrases n. the Targum n.
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1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible xxvii. 240 The Hebrew Text, the Chaldee paraphrase by Onkelosius, the Targum, or Arabic Paraphrase by R. Saadius.
Derivatives
Chaldeish n. Obsolete = Chaldaism n. at Chaldaic adj. and n. Derivatives).
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic
Chaldeish?c1510
Chaldee1602
Chaldic1623
Chaldean1690
Aramaic1882
Samaritan1886
Palmyrene1890
Nabatean1911
?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. C.iv Some of them speketh Caldesche some Arabier.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. i. A To lerne for to speake Caldeish.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > of a religious group or text
scripturism1656
cant1681
Chaldaeism1684
Chaldaism1812
Jewism1826
the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic > word or idiom characteristic of
Chaldaeism1684
Chaldaism1812
Aramaism1849
Samaritanism1889
Aramaicism1898
1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible viii. 48 There are so many Chaldæisms in the Hebrew Text.
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