WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Mandaean adj 1: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture [syn: Mandaean, Mandean] n 1: 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 [syn: Mandaean, Mandean] 2: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]