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Chaldean may refer to:

  1. historical Babylonia, in particular in a Hellenistic context
    • Chaldea, "the Chaldees" was a Hellenistic designation for a part of Babylonia.
    • The 11th dynasty of Babylon (6th century BC) is conventionally known as the Chaldean Dynasty.
    • Chaldean mythology is a generalized term used to refer to all the mythologies of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia.
    • The Chaldean Oracles played a role in Hellenistic mystery religions of the first centuries BC and AD.
    • "Chaldean" in Roman and medieval authors refers in particular to the mathematics and astrology of Babylonia, and hence of soothsayers or astrologers in general.
  2. the Chaldean Catholic Church (since 1553)
  3. the Khaldi, called Chaldeans by classical authors in spite of being unrelated to the Assyrians
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