Associations to the word «Mandaean»

Wiktionary

MANDAEAN, noun. A believer in, or follower of, Mandaeism

Dictionary definition

MANDAEAN, noun. 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.
MANDAEAN, noun. The form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans.
MANDAEAN, adjective. Of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats