= Chaldaism n. at Chaldaic, adj. n.derivatives).

The language of the Chaldeans: also the biblical ‘Syriac’ or Aramaic.

= sense B.

A native of Chaldea, esp. (as at Babylon) one skilled in occult learning, astrology, etc.; hence gen. a seer, soothsayer, astrologer. (So Greek Χαλ…

Of Aram; spec. applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. Often used absol. sc. language.

absol. quasi-n. in various contextual uses, e.g. the Aramaic dialect formerly spoken in Samaria; the character in which this is written; the…

The Aramaic language and script used in Palmyra.

The Semitic language formerly spoken by this people. rare.