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Definition of MANICHEAN

Manichean
Manichaean Man`i*ch[ae]"an, Manichean Man`i*che"an, a. Of or pertaining to the Manich[ae]ans.

Meaning of MANICHEAN from wikipedia

- texts have survived. An adherent of Manichaeism is called a Manichaean, Manichean, or Manichee, the last especially in older sources.[further explanation...
- "Manichean" was introduced as designation for the script by the German scholar Friedrich W. K. Müller, because of the use of the script in Manichean texts...
- Marcus also known as Marcus of Memphis was an influential Manichaean missionary active in Spain in the 4th century AD. Marcus was a native Egyptian from...
- Sogdian Manichean Letters Material paper Size 268 × 26 cm Writing Sogdian Created 9-13th century Discovered Bezeklik Caves Cave 65 in 1981 Present location...
- Wikisource has original text related to this article: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume IV/Manichaean Controversy/Reply to Faustus the Manichaean...
- ancient shamanistic beliefs. A rather partisan account from a Uyghur-Manichean text of that period demonstrates the unbridled enthusiasm of the khaghan...
- 10th centuries. Dunhuang and Turfan were the two most plentiful sites of Manichean, Buddhist, and Christian Sogdian texts. Sogdiana itself actually contained...
- Afghanistan, and Central Asia, as do****ented by the Middle Persian texts of the Manichean found in the oasis city of Turfan in Chinese Turkistan (Sinkiang). This...
- Traité (Chinese: 摩尼教殘經; pinyin: Móníjiào cán jīng; lit. 'fragmentary Manichean scripture') is in excellent condition and corresponds with Manichaean...
- The Manichaean Diagram of the Universe (Chinese: 摩尼教宇宙圖; ****anese: マニ教宇宙図) is a Yuan dynasty silk painting describing the cosmology of Manichaeism, in...