chiliad

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: chil=i=ad

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.

Etymology

LL chilias chiliad- f. Gk khilias -ados

ROGET THESAURUS

chiliad

Five

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