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Chaldean

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Chaldean /kalˈdiːən/

▶noun

1 a member of a people who lived in Chaldea, an ancient country in what is now southern Iraq.

2 the Semitic language of the ancient Chaldeans.
■ a language related to Aramaic and spoken in parts of Iraq.

3 a member of a Syrian Uniate Church based mainly in Iran and Iraq.

▶adjective

1 relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language.

2 relating to the East Syrian Uniate Church.

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