Chald.

American  

abbreviation

1. Chaldaic.

2. Chaldean.

3. Chaldee.

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Example Sentences

If you hear a prophet, or an omen; if you sacrifice; if you catch sight of a bird; if you see a Chald�an or a haruspex; if it lightens, if it thunders, if anything is struck by lightning; if anything like a portent is born or occurs in any way—something or other of the kind is bound to happen, so that you can never be at ease and have a quiet mind.

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The nationality of the magicians quoted in the book may be remarked—they are Libyan, Syrian, Arab, Chald�an, Egyptian, and "Hyperborean."

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Thus Pausanias says the Chald�ans and Indian Magians first spoke of the soul's immortality, which many Greeks have accepted, "not least Plato son of Ariston."

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Manuel d'Architecture Musulmane," after attempting to unravel the influences which went to the making of the mosque of Kairouan, the walls of Marrakech, the Medersas of Fez—influences that lead him back to Chald�an branch-huts, to the walls of Babylon and the embroideries of Coptic Egypt—somewhat despairingly sums up the result: "The principal elements contributed to Moslem art by the styles preceding it may be thus enumerated: from India, floral ornament; from Persia, the structural principles of the Acheminedes, and the Sassanian vault.

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The Eastern Jews were those who settled in Babylon, Chald�a, Assyria, Persia, and the adjacent countries.

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