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Mandaean or Mandean /man-dēˈən/ noun and adjective- (a member) of an ancient S Babylonian sect, surviving in Iraq, their religion a corrupt Gnosticism, with many Jewish and Parsee elements (also called Mendaites, Nasoraeans, Sabians, or Christians of St John)
- (in, of, or relating to) the Aramaic dialect of their sacred books
ORIGIN: Mandaean mandayyā knowledge, gnosis |