Middle English Dictionary Entry
ciliāde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ciliāde n. |
| Etymology | OF, & ML chiliad-em (from Gr.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A period of 1000 years, millenium.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.247 : Ionicus, the son of Noe, was borne in the c. yere of the thridde ciliade [L chiliadis].