Mandaean

/mænˈdiː.ən/ adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A believer in, or follower of, Mandaeism.
  2. 2
    the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans wordnet
  3. 3
    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 wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Mandaeans.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture wordnet

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believerethnoreligiousethnoreligious adherentlinguisticmandaean languagemandaeist

Etymology

From Latin Mandaeus [from Ancient Greek Μανδαῖος (Mandaîos), from Mandaic [script needed] (mandaia, “those with knowledge”), from ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ (manda, “knowledge”)] + -an.

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