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Bābī

or Ba·bi

[ bah-bee ]

noun

  1. Also called Bab·ism [bah, -biz-, uh, m]. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
  2. an adherent of Bābī.


Babi

/ ˈbɑːbɪ /

noun

  1. a disciple of the Bab
  2. another word for Babism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • Bab·ite [bah, -bahyt], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bābī1

First recorded in 1840–50; from Persian, equivalent to Bāb (al-dīn) + a suffix indicating relationship or origin; Bab ed-Din 
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Example Sentences

No, the country of Makhno, of the Holocaust by bullet, and of Babi Yar, was not spared the anti-Semitic virus.

The term Babi is not appropriate to the religion of Baha nor to his followers.

Porcupine (Hystrix longicauda) landak, and, for distinction, babi landak.

The Babi movement is a very remarkable one, and is spreading far and wide, and doing much to break the power of the priesthood.

Babi-rusa, or hog-deer: an animal of the hog kind, with peculiar tusks resembling horns.

Frau Babi led the way down into this hollow, which was then, luckily, free from water.

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