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Definition of Mandaean in English: Mandaean(also Mandean) noun manˈdiːənmanˈdēən 1A member of a Gnostic sect of Iraq and south-western Iran, who regard John the Baptist as the Messiah and stress salvation through knowledge of the divine origin of the soul. Example sentencesExamples - In fact, Mandeans are neither Christian nor Muslim nor Jewish, but their faith bears some similarities to each.
- Mandeans follow purity laws similar to those in Judaism.
- There is even a group of Mandaeans: theirs is a tiny Gnostic sect.
- Not surprisingly, a number of Mandaeans have fled to Australia, where they're not finding life a lot easier.
- It gives an account of the author's visit to the Mandaeans of Iran in April 1996.
- Note that the Mandeans were followers of the ‘mystery’ doctrines of the Babylonian goddess, Ishtar of Babylon.
- This is the moment when the Mandaeans believe that the soul is separated from the body.
- Most of the world's 20,000 or so Mandeans live in southern Iraq and southwestern Iran.
- The Government has informed the tribunal that Mandaeans are discriminated against but not persecuted.
- However, in recent years, many young educated Mandaeans have entered the priesthood.
2mass noun The language of the Mandaeans, a form of Aramaic.
adjective manˈdiːənmanˈdēən Relating to the Mandaeans or their language. Example sentencesExamples - In present Mandean tradition, it must be performed by women after menstruation and after childbirth.
- Even in modern day Sydney, Aramaic dialects are used by the local Assyrian and Mandaean communities.
- Our correspondent Angus Crawford travelled with a Mandean doctor to find out what has happened to her people.
- At Yardenit in Israel, there is a major baptism site on the river which attracts Greek and Russian Orthodox Pilgrims and the Mandean people of the only surviving Gnostic religion.
- Jews, Christians, even the Mandaean gnostic sect of the Sabeans, are all granted freedom to practice and to live in peace.
Origin Late 19th century: from Mandaean Aramaic mandaia 'Gnostics, those who have knowledge' (from manda 'knowledge') + -an. Definition of Mandaean in US English: Mandaean(also Mandean) nounmanˈdēən 1A member of a Gnostic sect of Iraq and southwestern Iran, who regard John the Baptist as the Messiah and stress salvation through knowledge of the divine origin of the soul. Example sentencesExamples - Not surprisingly, a number of Mandaeans have fled to Australia, where they're not finding life a lot easier.
- The Government has informed the tribunal that Mandaeans are discriminated against but not persecuted.
- Note that the Mandeans were followers of the ‘mystery’ doctrines of the Babylonian goddess, Ishtar of Babylon.
- This is the moment when the Mandaeans believe that the soul is separated from the body.
- There is even a group of Mandaeans: theirs is a tiny Gnostic sect.
- Most of the world's 20,000 or so Mandeans live in southern Iraq and southwestern Iran.
- However, in recent years, many young educated Mandaeans have entered the priesthood.
- It gives an account of the author's visit to the Mandaeans of Iran in April 1996.
- Mandeans follow purity laws similar to those in Judaism.
- In fact, Mandeans are neither Christian nor Muslim nor Jewish, but their faith bears some similarities to each.
2The religious language of the Mandaean sect, a form of Aramaic.
adjectivemanˈdēən Relating to the Mandaeans or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Our correspondent Angus Crawford travelled with a Mandean doctor to find out what has happened to her people.
- At Yardenit in Israel, there is a major baptism site on the river which attracts Greek and Russian Orthodox Pilgrims and the Mandean people of the only surviving Gnostic religion.
- Even in modern day Sydney, Aramaic dialects are used by the local Assyrian and Mandaean communities.
- In present Mandean tradition, it must be performed by women after menstruation and after childbirth.
- Jews, Christians, even the Mandaean gnostic sect of the Sabeans, are all granted freedom to practice and to live in peace.
Origin Late 19th century: from Mandaean Aramaic mandaia ‘Gnostics, those who have knowledge’ (from manda ‘knowledge’) + -an. |