单词 | chaldean |
释义 | Chaldeanadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Chaldea or its inhabitants; hence, to occult science or magic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective] MidianitishOE MoabitishOE Ammonitea1325 Moabitea1325 Amalekitea1382 Midianitea1382 Amorite1530 Scythian1567 Philistian1569 Sabaeana1586 Scythian-likea1599 Nabatean1614 Philistean1623 Scythic1623 Chaldean1732 Alarodian1737 Philistinian1773 Judahite1797 Philistine1842 Moabitic1851 Himyaritic1854 Akkadian1856 Scythized1861 Cimmerian1862 Idumaean1863 Himyaric1864 Hittite1871 Kassite1894 Hattian1908 Khaldian1908 Kenite1911 Hattic1913 Ephthalite1920 Subarian1923 Hurrian1928 Gutian1929 Saka1958 Luvian1963 Urartian1965 Eblaite1976 the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > relating to study or practice of occult speculatory1588 Chaldeanizing1652 Chaldaic1662 Chaldaical1678 Chalday1678 Chaldean1732 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Asia Minor > specific lands Pontic?1556 Aeolian1567 Hyrcan1567 Median1577 Albanian1578 Parthian1581 Lycaonian1582 Lydian1584 Anatolian1590 Cilician1597 Lycian1598 Hyrcanian1600 Cappadocian1607 Mysian1613 Chaldaic1662 Pergamenian1680 Sogdian1700 Chaldean1732 Carian1818 Pontine1832 Anatolic1853 Medic1869 Sumerian1874 Mitannian1897 Mitannite1911 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [adjective] soothsaying1550 soothtell1582 Chaldaic1662 Chaldaical1678 Chalday1678 Chaldean1732 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xx. 70 Whether in Daniel's Prophecy of the Messiah we shou'd compute by the Chaldæan or the Julian year. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 566/1 This Chaldean imposture, the substitution of grand notions of nature for a belief in God. B. n. A native of Chaldea, esp. (as at Babylon) one skilled in occult learning, astrology, etc.; hence gen. a seer, soothsayer, astrologer. (So Greek Χαλδαῖος, Latin Chaldæus.) Also, = Chaldee n. b. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > occultist philosopher?1316 man of craft1389 Chaldean1581 artist1584 cabbalista1592 adeptus1650 adeptist1662 adept1673 occultist1876 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer soothsayer1381 Chaldee1382 ariole1398 ariolerc1475 bruterer1530 Chaldean1581 weird1625 ariolater1652 ariolist1652 the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic Chaldeish?c1510 Chaldee1602 Chaldic1623 Chaldean1690 Aramaic1882 Samaritan1886 Palmyrene1890 Nabatean1911 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 77 The Chaldeans wer most renowmed in Astrologie that euer were anie. 1611 Bible (King James) Dan. ii. 2. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 42 The feind therefore that told our Chaldean the contrary was a lying feind. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 148 How can a Chaldean, by that short Minute..in which a Man is born, set down the diverse Changes..of his Life? 1690 Le Clerk's Five Lett. Insp. Holy Scriptures ii. 89 The Greek Language then was spoken in Judea, together with the antient Language which the Jews brought from Babylon, that is to say the Chaldean. 1859 G. Rawlinson Bampton Lect. v. 23 In Daniel the Chaldæans are a special set of persons at Babylon, having a ‘learning’ and a ‘tongue’ of their own, and classed with the magicians, astrologers, etc. 1897 J. H. Bridges Opus Majus R. Bacon iv. lxviii With Hebrew went Chaldaean, and, in more distant relationship, Arabic. 1944 H. van Zeller Ezechiel ii. 22 If only Chaldean could be picked up quickly. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > relating to study or practice of occult speculatory1588 Chaldeanizing1652 Chaldaic1662 Chaldaical1678 Chalday1678 Chaldean1732 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 278 Why might not the Chaldæanizing Oracle be drawn to confesse so much..? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1581 |
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