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Manichee|mænɪˈkiː|
Also 4 pl. Manaches, 6 Manichey, pl. Mani-, Manycheis, Manacheis, 7 Manachy.
[ad. late L. Manichæus, late Gr. Μανιχαῖος, from the name of the founder of the sect (variously recorded as Manes and Manichæus) who lived in Persia in the 3rd century after Christ.]
An adherent of a religious system widely accepted from the third to the fifth century, composed of Gnostic Christian, Mazdean, and pagan elements.
The special feature of the system which the name chiefly suggests to modern readers is the dualistic theology, according to which Satan was represented as co-eternal with God.
a1380St. Augustine 103 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 63 Þe Manichees þat heretykes weren. Ibid. 576 Austin..Ouercom þe Manaches erryng. 1533More Debell. Salem v. Wks. 939/2 For a certaine sorte there wer of the heretikes that wer the Manicheis. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 91 Whan the Arrians,..and the Manycheis, sowed abroade their opinions. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. vii. §2 Faustus the Manichey. 1641Hinde J. Bruen v. 15 Augustine confesseth of himselfe, he was first a Manachy before he was a Preacher. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. iv. 130 A Manichee (a hæretick, that denyed God to be the maker of things visible). 1702Echard Eccl. Hist. (1710) 644 Pope Leo said that the Devil reigned in all other heresies, but had rais'd his very throne in that of the Manichees. 1833J. H. Newman Arians ii. iv. (1876) 195 The Manichees considered the Son and Spirit as necessary emanations from the Father. 1842Browning Soliloquy Sp. Cloister vii, If I trip him just a-dying..Spin him round and send him flying Off to hell, a Manichee? |