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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 Sabian /sāˈbi-ən/, Tsabian /tsāˈ/ or Zabian /zāˈ/ noun and adjective- (an adherent) of a religion or a group of religions (esp a semi-Christian sect of Babylonia) mentioned in the Koran as entitled to toleration, prob related to the Mandaeans
- (a) Mandaean
- Sometimes applied erroneously to a Sabaean, sometimes to an adherent of Sabaism
ORIGIN: Ar Sābi᾽ Sāˈbianism noun |