Mahdism

name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Islamic messianism regarding the coming of the Mahdi

    "Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed."

Example

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"Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed."

Etymology

From Mahdi + -ism.

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