- - -

Please use the form below to search our dictionaries by entering a word you wish to define. (If you search this site to define words regularly, support this FREE site - Donate! )

Define Word:
Use dictionary:

Or browse by Letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Define the word chiliad

"Chiliad" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Chiliad \Chil"i*ad\, 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.                             --Sir. T.
                                                  More.
   [1913 Webster]

"chiliad" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

chiliad
     n : the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
         thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, G, grand,
          thou, yard]