MAHDI

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• MAHDI (noun)
  The noun MAHDI has 1 sense:

1. (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion

  Familiarity information: MAHDI used as a noun is very rare.

• MAHDI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

religious leader (leader of a religious order)

Domain category:

Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)

Derivation:

Mahdism (belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi)

Mahdist (an adherent of Mahdism)