Mandaean
Americannoun
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a member of an ancient Gnostic sect extant in Iraq.
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the Aramaic language of the Mandaean sacred books.
adjective
noun
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a member of a Gnostic sect of Iraq
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the form of Aramaic used by this sect
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Mandaean
1870–75; < Mandaean mandayy ( ā ) Gnostics (literally, the knowing ones) + -an
Example Sentences
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Iraq’s soaring water pollution is threatening the religious rites of its tight-knit Mandaean community, already devastated by 15 years of war that has also affected the country’s other minority sects.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2018
One Mandaean applicant has been waiting in Vienna for 16 months, court documents show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2018
Betfred are badly out of line over the prospects of Mandaean in the contest they sponsor, the Dante Stakes, quoting the Godolphin runner at 9-4.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2012
Residents in Worcester, Mass., also have looked with curiosity as hundreds of recently resettled Iraqi refugees, who practice the pre-Christian Mandaean religion, hold early morning baptisms in Lake Quisigamond.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2011
Harper calls attention to a remarkable parallel to this incident which is found in the Armenian and Mandaean legends of the birth of Rustem, the son of Sal.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
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