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mandaean
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mandaean has 2 senses
- mandaean(n = noun.person) mandean - a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah; Array is a kind of religious person
- mandaean(n = noun.communication) mandean - the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans; Array is a kind of aramaic
Adjective mandaean has 1 sense
- mandaean(a = adj.pert) mandean - of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture; Array
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mandaean, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a member of a Gnostic sect surviving in Iraq and claiming descent from John the Baptist.
2 the language of this sect.
--adj. of or concerning the Mandaeans or their language.
--n.
1 a member of a Gnostic sect surviving in Iraq and claiming descent from John the Baptist.
2 the language of this sect.
--adj. of or concerning the Mandaeans or their language.
Etymology
Aram. mandaiia Gnostics f. manda knowledge
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