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

Related formschil·i·ad·al, chil·i·ad·ic, adjective

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Related Words for chiliad

millennium, millenary, millennial

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Historical Examples of chiliad

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
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British Dictionary definitions for chiliad

chiliad

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

"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).