Definition of Chaldean. Meaning of Chaldean. Synonyms of Chaldean

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Definition of Chaldean

Chaldean
Chaldean Chal*de"an, a. [L. Chaldaeus.] Of or pertaining to Chaldea. -- n. (a) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea. (b) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans. (c) Nestorian.

Meaning of Chaldean from wikipedia

- Look up Chaldean or caldean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chaldean (also Chaldaean or Chaldee) may refer to: an old name for the Aramaic language...
- The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular church (sui iuris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church...
- century or so later by the Kaldu, a group who became known later as the Chaldeans or the Chaldees. These migrations did not affect the powerful kingdom...
- Mesopotamian region. Modern ****yrians may culturally self-identify as Syriacs, Chaldeans, or Arameans for religious, geographic, and tribal identification. ****yrians...
- Chaldean language may refer to: Ancient Chaldean language, the language of ancient Chaldeans Chaldean language (misnomer), a former misnomer for Biblical...
- The Chaldean mafia, or Chaldean organized crime, is a collective of criminal organizations composed of Chaldean Catholic ****yrians which emerged in the...
- Chaldean people may refer to: Ancient Chaldeans, ancient Semitic people in southern Mesopotamia Modern Chaldeans, modern self-identification of Chaldean...
- including the Syriac Orthodox Church, the ****yrian Church of the East, and the Chaldean Catholic Church. Before World War I, they largely lived in mountainous...
- Syrian Rite (also called the Edessan Rite, ****yrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite), is an Eastern...
- The Chaldean Oracles are a set of spiritual and philosophical texts widely used by Neoplatonist philosophers from the 3rd to the 6th century CE. While...