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manichee

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun manichee has 1 sense

Adjective manichee has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

manicheen. [LL. Manichaeus: cf. F. manichéen.].
     A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.  [1913 Webster]
    "The Manichæans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

manichee, n.
1 an adherent of a religious system of the 3rd-5th c., representing Satan in a state of everlasting conflict with God.
2 Philos. a dualist (see DUALISM).

Derivative
Manichean adj. & n. (also Manichaean). Manicheism n. (also Manichaeism).
Etymology
LL Manichaeus f. late Gk Manikhaios, f. Manes or Manichaeus Persian founder of the sect
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