Chaldaic

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[kal-dey-ik] / kælˈdeɪ ɪk /

noun

1. Chaldean.

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Etymology

Origin of Chaldaic

< Latin Chaldaicus < Greek Chaldaïkós. See Chaldean, -ic

Example Sentences

Her acts are as ancient as the seventh century; but not sufficiently authentic: nor are those given us in Chaldaic by Stephen Assemani of a better stamp.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

He now obtained a knowledge of the Chaldaic, Syriac and Arabic; and acquired a taste for divinity and ecclesiastical antiquity, by studying the Greek fathers of the first four ages of the church.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous

And to him bending over a copy of the mystic Zohar,—that thirteenth century Cabalistic classic, forged in Chaldaic by a Jew of Spain, which paved the way for the Turkish Messiah—was brought a little child.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

Bochart was a man of profound erudition; he possessed a thorough knowledge of the principal Oriental languages, including Hebrew, Syriac, Chaldaic and Arabic; and at an advanced age he wished to learn Ethiopic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

His father had started on the curious Chaldaic recitative that wound it up: One only kid, one only kid, which my father bought for two zuzim.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel