Bābī
or Ba·bi
[bah-bee]
- Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- an adherent of Bābī.
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Origin of Bābī
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Examples from the Web for babi
Contemporary Examples
No, the country of Makhno, of the Holocaust by bullet, and of Babi Yar, was not spared the anti-Semitic virus.
Historical Examples
The term Babi is not appropriate to the religion of Baha nor to his followers.
Bahaism and Its ClaimsSamuel Graham Wilson
Porcupine (Hystrix longicauda) landak, and, for distinction, babi landak.
The History of SumatraWilliam Marsden
The Babi alphabet, unlike the Arabic and Persian, was written from left to right.
Bahaism and Its ClaimsSamuel Graham Wilson
At Babi it was not yet desert—there was grass and wheat; but the garden-belt and trees had finished.
The Leicestershires beyond BaghdadEdward John Thompson
The Babi movement is a very remarkable one, and is spreading far and wide, and doing much to break the power of the priesthood.
Henry Martyn Saint and ScholarGeorge Smith
Babi
- a disciple of the Bab
- another word for Babism
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