mandaeanism

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mandaeanism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mandaeanism
      n 1: a Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries
           that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that
           incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework
           of dualistic beliefs [syn: Mandaeanism, Mandeanism]