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MANDAEAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans

Synonyms:

Mandaean; Mandean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

Aramaic (a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Mandaean; Mandean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture

Synonyms:

Mandaean; Mandean

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mandaean (the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans)

Mandaean (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)

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