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A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives.

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  1. n. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives.
  2. n. Islamic mysticism
  3. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives. [Written also sofism.]
  4. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans,particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practiceextreme asceticism in their lives. [Written also sofism.]