MANDÆAN
\mˈandɑːn], \mˈandɑːn], \m_ˈa_n_d_ɑː_n]\
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man-d[=e]'an, n. and adj. one of an ancient and still surviving sect in southern Babylonia, their religion a corrupt Gnosticism, with many Jewish and Parsee elements.--Also Mendaites, Nasoreans, and Sabians, and also Christians of St John. [Mandæan mand[=a], knowledge, gnosis.]
By Thomas Davidson
