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Sabaism|ˈseɪbeɪɪz(ə)m|
Also 8–9 Zabaism, 9 Sabeism, Sabiism, Sabism, Tsabaism, Sabæism.
[f. Heb. çābā host (after the presumed etymology of Sabian) + -ism. Cf. F. sabéisme, sabaïsme, sabisme.]
The worship of ‘the host of heaven’; star-worship. Also sometimes used for Sabianism in its various historical applications.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., Sabaism consisted in the worship and adoration of the stars. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. xliv. 281 The first variation from the purer zabaism consisted in the ophilatreia, or worship of the serpent. 1839J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. xiii. (1847) 148 The worship of the celestial bodies, or Sabæism, as it is termed. 1841Penny Cycl. XX. 295/2 The religious books of Tsabaism were written in Syriac. 1859J. M. Arnold Ishmael 36 The more corrupt form of superstition, which in a measure co-existed with Sabeism. 1878A. Fornander Polynesian Race I. 36 Glimpses of Cushite Zabaism. |