manichaeism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000

Synonyms

Manichaeanism

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religion

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