MANDEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mandean mean? 

• MANDEAN (noun)
  The noun MANDEAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah

2. the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans

  Familiarity information: MANDEAN used as a noun is rare.

• MANDEAN (adjective)
  The adjective MANDEAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture

  Familiarity information: MANDEAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANDEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mandaean; Mandean

Hypernyms ("Mandean" is a kind of...):

religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mandaean; Mandean

Hypernyms ("Mandean" is a kind of...):

Aramaic (a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia)

• MANDEAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Mandaean; Mandean

Pertainym:

Mandean (the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans)

Mandean (a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah)