Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Gnostic sect historically concentrated in Iraq and Iran but now largely dispersed due to war and persecution.
- noun Mandaic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a very ancient religious body, still found, though its members are few, in the southern part of Babylonia.
- noun The dialect of Aramaic in which the four sacred books of the Mandæans are written.
- Pertaining to the Mandæans or to Mandæism. Also
Mendœan .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A believer in, or
follower of,Mandaeism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans
- noun a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah
- adjective of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The name Mandaean literally means Gnostic from manda, gnosis and properly refers to the laity only, although it is often applied to the community as a whole.
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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The name Mandaean literally means Gnostic from manda, gnosis and properly refers to the laity only, although it is often applied to the community as a whole.
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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The family had joined a massive exodus; according to Mandaean leaders, less than 7,000 Mandaeans remain in Iraq, down from 50,000 to 60,000 in 2003.
Human Rights First: Iraqi Refugees in Jordan Still Await U.S. Decisions on Resettlement 2010
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One of the subjects I'm currently working on is comparing the treatment of John the Baptist in Mandaean, Nag Hammadi, and other sources.
Coptic Material on John the Baptist James F. McGrath 2010
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Even Doherty could make a case for his views, if one brings into consideration the Mandaean material in which a "jordan" (Mandaic yardna) is any flowing water appropriate for baptism, which connects one with the light world (presumably passing through the infamous sub-lunar realm).
Mythicism and John the Baptist James F. McGrath 2010
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The family had joined a massive exodus; according to Mandaean leaders, less than 7,000 Mandaeans remain in Iraq, down from 50,000 to 60,000 in 2003.
Human Rights First: Iraqi Refugees in Jordan Still Await U.S. Decisions on Resettlement Human Rights First 2010
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The family had joined a massive exodus; according to Mandaean leaders, less than 7,000 Mandaeans remain in Iraq, down from 50,000 to 60,000 in 2003.
Iraqi Refugees in Jordan Still Await U.S. Decisions on Resettlement 2010
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The Sabean Mandaeans, a pre-Christian sect that follow the teachings of John the Baptist, now numbers about 5,000 in Iraq, down from an estimated 25,000 in early 2003, according to testimony by Suhaib Nashi, general-secretary of the Mandaean Associations Union, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in July.
The Satanic Perspective on the USA’s Troubling Times | Disinformation 2008
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These are ordinary earthenware bowls that ritual specialists or laypeople from the Jewish, Mandaean, Christian and pagan communities, who lived in close proximity in the cities of Babylonia, inscribed with incantations in their own dialects of Aramaic.
Lilith. 2009
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Deirdre Good highlighted an unspeakable error at least from the perspective of this Baptist interested in the Mandaeans! in the New York Times: the use of a photo of a Mandaean baptism to illustrate a story which mentions being baptized as a Baptist.
Three Unspeakable Mysteries in the Blogosphere James F. McGrath 2009
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