Chiliad

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]