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1. n. belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi Source: wordnet
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. Source: webster
3. Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to thecause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- Mah"dist (#), n. Source: adambom
4. n belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi Source: ecdict

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mahdi belief devotion appearance coming fanatical pretender title bennett bloodshed cause ever instrument modern oppression proved shameful terrible witnessed world

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mahdiism Mahdis Mahdist

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