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Zendik|ˈzɛndɪk|
[a. Arab. zindīq atheist, fire-worshipper, disbeliever in a future state, etc., Pers. zandīq fire-worshipper; cf. late Avestic zandā- a kind of heretic (Bartholomae).]
A name given in the East to a disbeliever in revealed religion or a practiser of heretical magic. Also Zenˈdician. Hence ˈZendicism, the belief of a zendik; ˈZendikite (Zin-), a believer in zendicism.
1697Prideaux Mahomet (1708) 13 Zendicism, an Error among the Arabs near of kin to the Sadducism of the Jews,..denying Providence, the Resurrection, and a Future State. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc. s.v., The sect of Zendiks opposed the progress of Mohammedanism in Arabia with great obstinacy. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XI. 558/2 The Zendicians... Their belief seems to have been a medley formed from the doctrines of the Magians and Paulicians. 1877Smith & Wace's Dict. Chr. Biog. I. 477/2 The Persians exulted in crimes and Zendicism abounded. Ibid. 478/1 Hareth, son of Amr,..who is said by Hamza to have been a Zendikite, was of Kendite race. |