Carmathiann.adj.
/kɑːˈmeɪθɪən/ One of a sect of Muslims, founded in the 9th cent. Also as adj. Belonging to this sect.
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Carmathian1813
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Karmatians, a sect of Mohammedans, who once occasioned great disorders in the empire of the Arabs.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 259/2 As to the special tenets professed by the Karmathians..they were, in their ultimate expression, pantheistic in theory and socialist in practice.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 594/1 Towards 887 a.d. an Ismailian, Hamdán, surnamed Ḳarmaṭ, founded the branch sect of the Carmathians.
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