英语词汇“Mandæan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Mandæan

释义

Mandæan, a. and n.|ˈmændiːən|
Also Mandean, Mendæan.
[f. Mandæan Aramaic mandayyā (a rendering of Gr. γνωστικοί Gnostics: f. mandā knowledge, = late Heb. maddā‭ﻋ, f. yāda‭ﻋ to know) + -an.]
A. adj. The designation of a Gnostic sect still surviving in Mesopotamia, and of the Aramaic dialect in which their sacred books are written.
B. n.
a. A member of the Mandæan sect.
b. The Mandæan language.
1875Lightfoot Comm. Col. 165 note, These Mandeans are a rapidly diminishing sect living in the region about the Tigris.1883K. Kessler in Encycl. Brit. XV. 467/2 Mandæans, also known as Sabians, Nasoræans, or St. John's Christians, an Oriental sect of great antiquity.Ibid. 468/1 note, Mandæan MSS. occur in the British Museum [etc.].Ibid. 468/2 Primal Life, who is properly speaking the Mandæan god.1886Ibid. XXI. 649/1 There is a close resemblance between Mandæan and the language of the Babylonian Talmud.1900Daily News 15 Aug. 6/2 A large number of Hebrew and Mandæan vases..were discovered.

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