单词 | Mandaean |
释义 | Mandaean/manˈdiːən /(also Mandean) noun 1A member of a Gnostic sect of Iraq and SW Iran, who regard John the Baptist as the Messiah and stress salvation through knowledge of the divine origin of the soul.There is even a group of Mandaeans: theirs is a tiny Gnostic sect....
2 [mass noun] The language of the Mandaeans, a form of Aramaic. adjective Relating to the Mandaeans or their language.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....
OriginLate 19th century: from Mandaean Aramaic mandaia 'Gnostics, those who have knowledge' (from manda 'knowledge') + -an. |
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