MANICHAEANS
\mˌanɪʃˈi͡ənz], \mˌanɪʃˈiənz], \m_ˌa_n_ɪ_ʃ_ˈiə_n_z]\
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(Eccl. Hist.) The followers of Manes, who, in the third century, tried to combine Christianity with Eastern systems of philosophy. He thus adopted the system of Dualism, See Ahriman, and set forth opinions much like those of the Cerinthians, Cerdonians, Carpocratians, and other Gnostics.
By Henry Percy Smith
