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PRONUNCIATION OF MANICHAEAN

Manichaean  [ˌmænɪˈkiːən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANICHAEAN

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manichaean can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES MANICHAEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Manichaean

Manichaeism

Manichaeism was a major Gnostic religion that was founded by the Iranian prophet Mani in the Sasanian Persian Empire. Manichaeism taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process which takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light whence it came. Its beliefs were based on local Mesopotamian gnostic and religious movements. Manichaeism was quickly successful and spread far through the Aramaic-Syriac speaking regions. It thrived between the third and seventh centuries, and at its height was one of the most widespread religions in the world. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far east as China and as far west as the Roman Empire. It was briefly the main rival to Christianity in the competition to replace classical paganism. Manichaeism survived longer in the East than in the West, and it appears to have finally faded away after the 14th century in southern China, contemporary to the decline in China of the Church of the East – see Ming Dynasty.

Definition of Manichaean in the English dictionary

The first definition of Manichaean in the dictionary is of or relating to Manichaeism. Other definition of Manichaean is involving a radical dualism. Manichaean is also an adherent of Manichaeism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANICHAEAN


Achaean
əˈkiːən
Aegean
iːˈdʒiːən
aeon
ˈiːən
Andean
ænˈdiːən
Archean
ɑːˈkiːən
Behan
ˈbiːən
Caribbean
ˌkærɪˈbiːən
ditrochean
ˌdaɪtrəʊˈkiːən
eon
ˈiːən
Fijian
fiːˈdʒiːən
Hebridean
ˌhɛbrɪˈdiːən
Korean
kəˈriːən
lien
ˈliːən
Manichean
ˌmænɪˈkiːən
Mycenaean
ˌmaɪsɪˈniːən
pantheon
pænˈθiːən
pean
ˈpiːən
Pyrenean
ˌpɪrəˈniːən
sien
ˈsiːən
Tupian
tuːˈpiːən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANICHAEAN

Mani
mania
maniac
maniacal
maniacally
manic
manic depression
manic-depressive
manically
Manichaeism
Manichaeus
Manichean
Manichee
Manicheism

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANICHAEAN

amoebaean
Aramaean
archaean
Arctogaean
Chaldaean
Cumaean
Dodonaean
Judaean
lernaean
Linnaean
Mandaean
Nabataean
Neogaean
Notogaean
paean
panomphaean
pygmaean
Sabaean
scarabaean
spelaean

Synonyms and antonyms of Manichaean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Manichaean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANICHAEAN

Find out the translation of Manichaean to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Manichaean from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Manichaean» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摩尼教
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maniquea
570 millions of speakers

English

Manichaean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मैनिकीअन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المانوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

манихейский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maniqueísta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানিচায়েন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manichéenne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Manichaean
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

manichäischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マニ教
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마니교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manichaean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Manichaean
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மானிசேயன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानिचियान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mani
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manichea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Manichaean
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маніхейський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maniheistă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Manichaean
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Manichaean
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Manichaean
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Manichaean
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Manichaean

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANICHAEAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANICHAEAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Manichaean

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANICHAEAN»

Discover the use of Manichaean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Manichaean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mediaeval Manichaean Book Art: A Codicological Study of ...
Mediaeval Manichaean Book Art focuses on a corpus of 89 fragments of exquisitely illuminated manuscripts that were produced under the patronage of the Turkic-speaking Uygurs in the Turfan region of East Central Asia between the 8th and 11th ...
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, 2005
2
Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire
This 2004 book is a single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani, the Syrian visionary.
Iain Gardner, Samuel N. C. Lieu, 2004
3
The Manichaean Body: In Discipline and Ritual
From this etic point of view, Manichaean disciplines and rites were really about the formation of socialized selves, the social integration of individuals into the larger Manichaean ethos. According to this interpretation, the “salvation” to which  ...
Jason David BeDuhn, 2003
4
Pentadic Redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia
This study identifies a significant redactional tendency whereby the compilers of the text sought to clarify ambiguities in canonical Manichaean tradition by means of five-part numerical series.
Timothy Pettipiece, 2009
5
Studies in Manichaean Literature and Art
This volume consists of two sections. The first is a general analysis by Manfred Heuser of "The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources.
Manfred Heuser, H. J. Klimkeit, 1998
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Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1: Conversion and ...
Jason David BeDuhn reconstructs Augustine's decade-long adherence to Manichaeism, apostasy from it, and subsequent conversion to Nicene Christianity.
Jason David BeDuhn, 2012
7
Emerging from Darkness: Studies in the Recovery of ...
This volume contains several presentations of new Manichaean source materials and provocative essays upon them.
Paul Allan Mirecki, Jason David BeDuhn, 1996
8
Manichaean Delirium: Decolonizing the Judiciary and Islamic ...
The book uses the concept of the a oeManichaeana geography of the colony, popularized by Fanon, to account for the virulent Islamic renewal in Sudan.
ʻAbd Allāh ʻAlī Ibrāhīm, 2008
9
Manichaean art in Berlin collections: a comprehensive ...
Artifacts belonging to this corpus have not been catalogued or examined by art historians as a whole. This book is a comprehensive, descriptive catalogue of positively identified Manichaean artifacts housed in Berlin.
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 2001
10
The Catholic and Manichaean Ways of Life (The Fathers of the ...
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Saint Augustine, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANICHAEAN»

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Fact-checking Bill O'Reilly's dumb, hateful lies: Fox News …
Here we can see, again, O'Reilly invoking the Manichaean framework with which he started, only this time, the “evil” one isn't simply the ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Why We Shouldn't Forget That Jesus Was a Jew
... was able to formulate a theological guard against the anti-Judaism not only of his Manichaean opponents but, as he fought his way through it ... «Aleteia EN, Jul 15»
3
Review: In 'Between the World and Me,' Ta-Nehisi Coates Delivers a …
There is a Manichaean tone to some of the passages in this book, and at times, a hazardous tendency to generalize. After Sept. 11, he writes ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Am I A Hindu?
Christianity, Islam, Manichaean, Bahai, Ahamedia – these religions can be listed in this category. These kinds of religions keep appearing even ... «Swarajya, Jul 15»
5
The Cabiri brings mythology to Seattle stage
This time around, it was blazing fireballs cast by the evil Manichaean against an angel-given weapon, xvarenah, wielded by a villager to the ... «Queen Anne News, Jul 15»
6
Beware powerful women intoxicated with their agendas
The meeting duly went beautifully and Mrs Blair expressed her satisfaction with the sort of Manichaean gush one recalls from her husband's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Similarities between 'Manichaism' and Islamic Sufism described
IBNA- The Iranian mythologist Abolqasem Esmaeilpour announced the release of his latest book titled 'Manichaean Literature' which describes ... «Iran Book News Agency, Jun 15»
8
Dunhuang Library Discovered!
... but also contained documents relevant to Taoism, Confucianism, Nestorian Christianity, Judaism, Manichaean, and even non-religious areas ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
9
The Battle Flag and the New Symbolic Logic
This Manichaean, left-liberal worldview admits only change and "progress." And every poll and social-science data dump will always reveal ... «A Magazine of American Culture, Jun 15»
10
Eduardo Galeano, Latin America's Social Justice Laureate
The most prominent materialized when a New York Times article (5/24/2014) proclaimed in Manichaean terms Galeano's own “disavowal” of ... «NACLA, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Manichaean [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/manichaean>. May 2024 ».
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