chiliad
[ kil-ee-ad ]
noun
a group of 1000.
a period of 1000 years.
Origin of chiliad
1Other 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. ZenkerThese probably included the logarithms of the first chiliad which he published in 1617.
British Dictionary definitions for chiliad
chiliad
/ (ˈkɪlɪˌæd) /
noun
a group of one thousand
one thousand years
Origin of chiliad
1C16: from Greek khilias, from khilioi a thousand
Derived forms of chiliad
- chiliadal or chiliadic, adjective
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