chiliad

[ kil-ee-ad ]

noun

1. a group of 1000.
2. a period of 1000 years.

chiliad

/ ˈkɪlɪˌæd /

noun

1. a group of one thousand
2. one thousand years

Derived Forms

• ˌchiliˈadal, adjective

Other Words From

• chili·adal chili·adic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chiliad¹

1590–1600; < Late Latin chīliad- (stem of chīlias ) < Greek, equivalent to chī́li ( oi ) 1000 + -ad- -ad ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of chiliad¹

C16: from Greek khilias, from khilioi a thousand

Example Sentences

Or, from the Greek, chiliad; and hence the word chiliasm, expressing the belief in a millennium.

From Project Gutenberg

These probably included the logarithms of the first chiliad which he published in 1617.

From Project Gutenberg