Thesaurus: manichaeism

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1. n. Alt. of Manicheism
2. n. 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
3. The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichæans.
4. n. Alt. of Manicheism