CHALDÆA, a Country in Asia, near the Place where the Tigris and Euphrates meet, the Capital whereof was Babylon. The name of Chaldæa is no where to be met with in the Hebrew Text, but that of Chasdim; whether the Chaldæans derived this name from Cased, the Son of Nahor, Abraham’s Brother, or from any other, who was more ancient. Chaldæa in itself was originally included within a narrow compass, but the Empire of Chaldæa being afterwards very much inlarged, the name of Chaldæa is likewise taken in a more uncertain and extensive meaning.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Chaldæa,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/c/chaldaea/.