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Chaldea

or Chal·dae·a

[ kal-dee-uh ]

noun

  1. an ancient region in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, in S Babylonia.


Chaldea

/ kælˈdiːə /

noun

  1. an ancient region of Babylonia; the land lying between the Euphrates delta, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian desert
  2. another name for Babylonia


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Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

One collection of temples stands on one plain, another on another plain, and so on throughout Chaldea.

Father and I and Douglas have to work out by our knowledge in the flesh the drama begun in Chaldea.

Money-lending was also a regular practice in Egypt, Chaldea and other ancient seats of civilization, as recent discoveries show.

It is probable that the bricks used in the construction of the great buildings of Chaldea were first treated in this way.

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