MAHDIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of Mahdism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mahdist" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Derivation:

Mahdi ((Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion)

Mahdism (belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi)

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