chaldean
Speech parts
1. chaldean - Noun
2. chaldean - Adjective
3. Chaldean - Proper noun
Meaning
Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
Nestorian.
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Examples
Aelian, Varia Historia, iv. 20; Diogenes Laërtius, ix. 35. During his travels, according to Diogenes Laërtius, he became acquainted with the Chaldean magi.
After the inquiry, Saddam then donated another $200,000 to Chaldean Sacred Heart Church.
Again, it is unclear whether he was a Chaldean or a native Babylonian.
Cicero, Pro Murena, ch. 21 Horace does the same, referring to "Babylonian horoscopes" rather than Chaldean Horace, Odes 1.11 in his famous Carpe Diem ode.
By the time of Cicero in the 2nd century BC, "Chaldean" appears to have completely disappeared even as a societal term for Babylonian astronomers and astrologers; Cicero refers to "Babylonian astrologers" rather than Chaldean astrologers.
Geminus explains that Greek astronomers of his era associate the first degrees of the zodiac signs with the two solstices and the two equinoxes, in contrast to the older Chaldean (Babylonian) system, which placed these points within the zodiac signs.