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View synonyms for chiliad

chiliad

[ kil-ee-ad ]

noun

  1. a group of 1000.
  2. a period of 1000 years.


chiliad

/ ˈkɪlɪˌæd /

noun

  1. a group of one thousand
  2. one thousand years
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌchiliˈadal, adjective
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Other Words From

  • chili·adal chili·adic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chiliad1

1590–1600; < Late Latin chīliad- (stem of chīlias ) < Greek, equivalent to chī́li ( oi ) 1000 + -ad- -ad 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chiliad1

C16: from Greek khilias, from khilioi a thousand
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Example Sentences

Or, from the Greek, chiliad; and hence the word chiliasm, expressing the belief in a millennium.

These probably included the logarithms of the first chiliad which he published in 1617.

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