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belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi

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  1. n. belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi
  2. Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to the cause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- Mah"dist (#), n. Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed. E. N. Bennett.
  3. Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to thecause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- Mah"dist (#), n.
  4. n belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi