Man|dae|an

Man|dae|an «man DEE uhn», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. a follower of an ancient religious sect, holding Gnostic beliefs with many Jewish and Zoroastrian elements, still surviving in Iraq.

2. an Aramaic dialect used in the writings of this sect.

–adj.

of the Mandaeans or Mandaean. Also, Mandean.

╂[< Aramaic mandayyā (translation of Greek Gnōstikoí the knowing ones, Gnostics) < mandā knowledge]