manichaeanism

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manichaeanism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Manichaeanism
      n 1: a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a
           synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and
           Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial
           elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire
           but had largely died out by 1000 [syn: Manichaeism,
           Manichaeanism]