Mandaean Definition

mandēən
noun
A member of a Gnostic sect historically concentrated in Iraq and Iran but now largely dispersed due to war and persecution.
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Mandean.

Webster's New World
Mandaic.
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Noun

Singular:
Mandaean
Plural:
mandaeans

Origin of Mandaean

  • Mandaic mandaya having knowledge from manda knowledge from earlier Aramaic manda‘, madda‘ infinitive of yəda‘ to know ydʕ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mandaean Sentence Examples

  • Petermann 6 and Albrecht Socin, and Siouffi 7 published in 1880 a full and accurate account of their manners and customs, taken from the lips of a converted Mandaean.

  • None of the MSS., however, is older than the 16th century.9 The following sketch represents, as far as can be gathered from these heterogeneous sources, the principal features of the Mandaean system.

  • Primal Life, who is properly speaking the Mandaean god, has the same predicates as the primal spirit, and every prayer, as well as every section of the sacred books, begins by invoking him.

  • The Mandaean marriage service occurs both in Paris and in Oxford as an independent MS. The Diwan, hitherto unpublished, contains the ritual for atonement.

  • In the Mandaean representation the sky is an ocean of water, pure and clear, but of more than adamantine solidity, upon which the stars and planets sail.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAN

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NANEAN

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Words Starting With M and Ending With N

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With M8 Letter Words Ending With N