Definition of Manichaean. Meaning of Manichaean. Synonyms of Manichaean

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Definition of Manichaean

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

Meaning of Manichaean from wikipedia

- at its height was one of the most widespread religions in the world. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far east as China and as far west as...
- The Manichaean script is an abjad-based writing system rooted in the Semitic family of alphabets and ****ociated with the spread of Manichaeism from southwest...
- endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg (Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪, Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐‎, Avestan script: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐) in its later form...
- Manichaeism were eradicated in the West. The most complete set of surviving Manichaean writings were written in Chinese sometime before the 9th century and were...
- "established anew the ancient Faith". In his youth he was drawn to the Manichaean faith, and later to the ****enistic philosophy of Neoplatonism. After...
- Manichaean scripture includes nine main books: the Seven Treatises of Manichaeism, all personally written by Mani in Syriac, the Shabuhragan written by...
- salvation, as well as various Manichaean prophets and deities, and were considered prin****l pieces of the Manichaean canon. On the subject of Mani's...
- Originally constructed by Chinese Manichaeans, it was considered by later worshipers to be a Buddhist temple. This "Manichaean temple in Buddhist disguise"...
- Augustine once wrote about the Manichaeans' obsession[clarification needed] with Jesus and there are many hymns in the Manichaean scriptures in various languages...
- The Dunhuang Manichaean texts refers to three Manichaean m****cripts of the Tang dynasty found in the Buddhist scripture cave of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang...