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Chaldaean

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Noun

1. chaldaean, chaldean, chaldee

a wise man skilled in occult learning

2. chaldaean, chaldean, chaldee

an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea

Adjective

3. chaldaean, chaldean, chaldee

of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chaldaean

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noun
1. 
a member of an ancient Semitic people who controlled S Babylonia from the late 8th to the late 7th century bc
2. 
the dialect of Babylonian spoken by this people
adjective
3. 
of or relating to the ancient Chaldeans or their language

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Chaldaean

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adjective
1. 
of Chaldea or its people, language, or culture
noun
2. 
a person born or living in Chaldea; member of a Semitic people related to the Babylonians
3. 
the Semitic language of the Chaldeans
4.  Rare
an astrologer or sorcerer

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chaldaean

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adj.
1. Of or relating to Chaldea or its people, language, or culture.
2. Of or relating to an Eastern Catholic church historically centered in northern Iraq and neighboring regions.
n.
1. A member of an ancient Semitic people who ruled in Babylonia.
2. An adherent of the Chaldean church.
3. See Aramaic.
4. A person versed in occult learning.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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