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nouna 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
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- manes a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
- catharism a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition
- manichee an adherent of Manichaeism
- manichee of or relating to Manichaeism
- manichean an adherent of Manichaeism
- manichaean an adherent of Manichaeism
- albigensianism a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition
- manichean of or relating to Manichaeism
- manichaean of or relating to Manichaeism