Mandaean

Mandaean
/man dee"euhn/, n.
1. a member of an ancient Gnostic sect extant in Iraq.
2. the Aramaic language of the Mandaean sacred books.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Mandaeans.
Also, Mandean.
[1870-75; < Mandaean mandayy(a) Gnostics (lit., the knowing ones) + -AN]

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