chiliad

[ kil-ee-ad ]

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noun

a group of 1000.
a period of 1000 years.

Origin of chiliad

1590–1600; <Late Latin chīliad- (stem of chīlias) <Greek, equivalent to chī́li(oi) 1000 + -ad--ad¹

Other words from chiliad

chil·i·ad·al, chil·i·ad·ic, adjective

Words Nearby chiliad

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How to use chiliad in a sentence

Or, from the Greek, chiliad; and hence the word chiliasm, expressing the belief in a millennium.
Anarchism | E. V. Zenker
These probably included the logarithms of the first chiliad which he published in 1617.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for chiliad

chiliad

/ (ˈkɪlɪˌæd) /

noun

a group of one thousand
one thousand years

Origin of chiliad

C16: from Greek khilias, from khilioi a thousand

Derived forms of chiliad

chiliadal or chiliadic, adjective

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