Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chiliad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chiliad \Chil"i*ad\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a thousand.]
A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a
period of a thousand years.
The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed
up unto God. --Sir. T.
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From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chiliad
n : the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
{thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {M}, {K}, {G}, {grand},
{thou}, {yard}]
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