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Definition of Chiliads
1. chiliad [n] - See also: chiliad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiliads
Literary usage of Chiliads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ by John by Francis John Bodfield Hooper (1861)
"Out of Judah's tribe 12 chiliads sealed. Why is such an expanded and tautological
specification as this in vv. 5 to 8 given, when a single statement ..."
2. Sherwin's Mathematical Tables: Contriv'd After a Most Comprehensive Method ...by Henry Sherwin by Henry Sherwin (1761)
"In this method Mr. Briggs, hath calculated a Tabje of Logarithms, (publi/hed in
the year 1624) for 20 chiliads of abfo- iute Numbers, from i to 20000-, ..."
3. Mathematical Tables: Contrived After a Most Comprehensive Method, Viz. A by Henry Sherwin, Henry Briggs, John Wallis, Edmond Halley, Abraham Sharp (1726)
"... in the Year 1624) for 20 chiliads of Abfo- lute Numbers, (from i to 20000;
... and Direction how to Supply the intermediate chiliads, which are here wan ..."
4. Apocalyptic Sketches: Lectures on the Book of Revelation ; First and Second by John Cumming (1855)
"In the original the expression is " seven chiliads, the names of men." On referring
to the Old Testament Scriptures, I find that the ..."
5. The Revelation of Jesus Christ by John by Francis John Bodfield Hooper (1861)
"Out of Judah's tribe 12 chiliads sealed. Why is such an expanded and tautological
specification as this in vv. 5 to 8 given, when a single statement ..."
6. Sherwin's Mathematical Tables: Contriv'd After a Most Comprehensive Method ...by Henry Sherwin by Henry Sherwin (1761)
"In this method Mr. Briggs, hath calculated a Tabje of Logarithms, (publi/hed in
the year 1624) for 20 chiliads of abfo- iute Numbers, from i to 20000-, ..."
7. Mathematical Tables: Contrived After a Most Comprehensive Method, Viz. A by Henry Sherwin, Henry Briggs, John Wallis, Edmond Halley, Abraham Sharp (1726)
"... in the Year 1624) for 20 chiliads of Abfo- lute Numbers, (from i to 20000;
... and Direction how to Supply the intermediate chiliads, which are here wan ..."
8. Apocalyptic Sketches: Lectures on the Book of Revelation ; First and Second by John Cumming (1855)
"In the original the expression is " seven chiliads, the names of men." On referring
to the Old Testament Scriptures, I find that the ..."
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