chiliad
[ kil-ee-ad ]
/ ˈkɪl iˌæd /
noun
a group of 1000.
a period of 1000 years.
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Nearby words
chili oil, chili pepper, chili powder, chili sauce, chili verde, chiliad, chiliarch, chiliasm, chiliburger, chilien shan, chilin
Origin of chiliad
1590–1600; < Late Latin chīliad- (stem of chīlias) < Greek, equivalent to chī́li(oi) 1000 + -ad- -ad1
Related formschil·i·ad·al, chil·i·ad·ic, adjective
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Examples from the Web for chiliad
These probably included the logarithms of the first chiliad which he published in 1617.
Or, from the Greek, chiliad; and hence the word chiliasm, expressing the belief in a millennium.
Anarchism|E. V. Zenker
British Dictionary definitions for chiliad
chiliad
/ (ˈkɪlɪˌæd) /
noun
a group of one thousand
one thousand years
Derived Formschiliadal or chiliadic, adjective
Word Origin for chiliad
C16: from Greek khilias, from khilioi a thousand
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Word Origin and History for chiliad
chiliad
"group of 1,000" (of the same sort), 1590s, from Latinized form of Greek khiliados, from khilioi "a thousand; the number 1,000" (see chiliasm).
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