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

And in its results Babism has not exalted woman.—R.

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

Disloyalty was an essential corollary of Babism and not a consequence of the repression and persecution which it met.

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

Mrs. Gotfry is surprised how a Syrian of Khalid’s mind can not see the beauties of Babism, or Buhaism, as it is now called, and the lofty spirituality of the Bab.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

This is because Baha’o’llah has known how to transform Babism into a universal religion, which is presented as the fulfillment and completion of all the ancient faiths.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Had he finally escaped, the miracle thus performed would have made Babism invincible.

From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell