Word Study
chiliad
CIDE DICTIONARY
chiliad, n. [Gr. chilia`s, chiliado`s, fr. chi`lioi a thousand.].
A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. [1913 Webster]
"The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chiliad, n.
1 a thousand.
2 a thousand years.
1 a thousand.
2 a thousand years.
Etymology
LL chilias chiliad- f. Gk khilias -ados
ROGET THESAURUS
chiliad
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