Associations to the word «Manichaeanism»

Wiktionary

MANICHAEANISM, noun. Alternative spelling of Manichaeism

Dictionary definition

MANICHAEANISM, noun. A religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000.

Wise words

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