Babism

American  

[bah-biz-uhm] / ˈbɑ bɪz əm /

noun

1. Bābī.

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Babism British  

/ ˈbɑːbɪzəm /

noun

1. a pantheistic Persian religious sect, founded in 1844 by the Bab, forbidding polygamy, concubinage, begging, trading in slaves, and indulgence in alcohol and drugs Compare Baha'í Faith

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Other Word Forms

• Babist noun

Etymology

Origin of Babism

First recorded in 1840–50; Bāb(ī) ( def. ) + -ism

Example Sentences

If Babism continues to grow at its present rate of progression, a time may conceivably come when it will oust Mohammedanism from the field in Persia.

From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)

I. Babism in Persia was a form of Mahdiism.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham

Babism has its roots in Shiahism, a soil impregnated with the doctrines of the Imamate and Mahdiism.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham

Mirza Abul Fazl28 says: Babism "is not the same religion or creed as Bahaism."

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham

To all these must be added Babism and Bahaism.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham