Definitions for chiliads

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chiliads chil·i·ad

Spelling: [kil-ee-ad]

IPA: /ˈkɪl iˌæd/

Chiliads is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in chiliads (acdhiils).

Definitions for chiliads

noun

1. a group of 1000.
2. a period of 1000 years.
3. a group of 1000.
4. a period of 1000 years.

Origin of chiliads

1590-1600; Late Latin chīliad- (stem of chīlias) Greek, equivalent to chī́li(oi) 1000 + -ad- -ad¹

Examples for chiliads

These probably included the logarithms of the first chiliad which he published in 1617.

Or, from the Greek, chiliad; and hence the word chiliasm, expressing the belief in a millennium.

Or, from the Greek, chiliad; and hence the word chiliasm, expressing the belief in a millennium.

These probably included the logarithms of the first chiliad which he published in 1617.