Mandean
noun
- a member of an ancient Gnostic sect still extant in southern Iraq
- the Eastern Aramaic dialect used in the writings of the Mandeans: it was spoken along the Euphrates from the 7th to the 9th cent.
adjective
- of the Mandeans, their doctrines, etc.
- of Mandean
See Mandean in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Man·dae·an (măn-dēˈən)
noun- A member of a Gnostic sect originating in Jordan and still existing in Iraq.
- A form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans.
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