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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Manichæans.

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  • noun a follower of Manichaeism
  • adjective of or relating to Manichaeism
  • adjective of or concerning a Manichaean

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an adherent of Manichaeism
  • adjective of or relating to Manichaeism
  • adjective of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism

Etymologies

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From Manichaeus +‎ -an.

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