Definition: chiliad

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

chiliad
     n : the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
         thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, G, grand,
          thou, yard]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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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