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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Manichaeism \Man"i*chae*ism\, Manicheism \Man"i*che*ism\, n. [Cf. F. manich['e]isme.] The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Manichaeism 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]