Babism
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Babism
First recorded in 1840–50; Bāb(ī) ( def. ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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It was intended for the time when Babism would be prevalent.
From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson
Heyse In this year, Mirza Ali Mohamad, the great founder of the new Bab religion in Persia, with his disciples Aka Mohamad Ali and Sayyid Husayn of Yezd, Babism in Persia suffered martyrdom.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
Remey27 says: "Babism fulfilled its purpose, and when this was accomplished in the appearance of Baha Ullah, it, as such, ceased to exist."
From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson
Baha abrogated Babism in the Rizwan at Bagdad in 1864.
From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson
Babism, repressed and forced into concealment, entered upon a new phase.
From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson
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