- a variation of Chaldean.
Chaldee
Britishnoun
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a nontechnical term for Biblical Aramaic, which was once believed to be the language of the ancient Chaldeans
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the actual language of the ancient Chaldeans See also Chaldean
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an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean
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The Chaldee, the Samaritan, the Assyrian, the Phoenician, the Ethiopia are dead and would hardly be known to us except for the remnants of them which we trace through the sacred books of the Scripture.
From Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures by Heuser, Herman J.
Of the Chaldee Paraphrasts—Their method of designating the Personal Word or Revealer—Occasion and Necessity of it.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar
With the help of a friend, a Dissenting minister, he learned something of geometry, mathematics and natural philosophy, and also got some smattering of the Chaldee and Syriac tongues.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
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 Mitchell, Logan
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
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