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• a variation of Chaldean.

Chaldee

British  

/ kælˈdiː /

noun

1. a nontechnical term for Biblical Aramaic, which was once believed to be the language of the ancient Chaldeans

2. the actual language of the ancient Chaldeans See also Chaldean

3. an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean

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Chaldee

On marrying, he became a schoolmaster, and prosecuted his studies with such diligence and success as to obtain a good knowledge of the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, Arabic, Welsh and Irish languages.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Frederic Rowland Marvin

It was originally written in the ancient Chaldee, a language which neither thou nor I understand.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

It is a Clavis Linguæ Sanctæ, or explanation of all the Hebrew, and some Chaldee, roots, found in the Old Testament, by Nicholas Trott, in three folio volumes, written with great care and neatness.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by William Dunn Macray

It is written partly in Hebrew and partly in Chaldee; this has led some to conclude that it is the work of different hands.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

As all these men had been captives in Babylon, and could nowhere else be taught to write, how could these books be composed in any other than the Chaldee character?

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Logan Mitchell