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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Example Sentences

She also acquired some knowledge of at least three Oriental tongues, Hebrew, Chaldee and Arabic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

In a second edition of the first number the Chaldee Manuscript was omitted and the assault on Hunt made a little less gross and personal.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

At Tangiers he attended the Rabbinical schools, learning Spanish at home, Arabic out of doors, and Hebrew and Chaldee at school. 

From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Targum, a Chaldee version or paraphrase of the Old Testament.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

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 Macray, William Dunn