Definition of Manichean

1. Noun. An adherent of Manichaeism.

Exact synonyms: Manichaean, Manichee
Generic synonyms: Adherent, Disciple

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Manichaeism.
Exact synonyms: Manichaean, Manichee
Partainyms: Manichaeism, Manichaeism, Manichaeism
Derivative terms: Manichaeism, Manichaeism

Definition of Manichean

1. Noun. (alternative form of Manichaean) ¹

2. Adjective. (alternative form of Manichaean) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manichean

Manhattan Island
Manhattan Project
Manhattan clam chowder
Manhattan clam chowders
Manhattan distance
Manhattanese
Manhattanite
Manhattanites
Manhattans
Manichaean
Manichaeanism
Manichaeans
Manichaeism
Manichaeist
Manichaeists
Manichean
Manicheanism
Manicheans
Manichee
Manichees
Manicheism
Manicheist
Manicheists
Manichæan
Manichæans
Manidae
Manide
Manihot
Manihot dulcis
Manihot esculenta

Literary usage of Manichean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China and Religion by Edward Harper Parker (1905)
"Chinese confusion of the two Persian religions with Nestorianism, and of all three with Buddhism.—Chinese definition of manichean tenets. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The intellectual interests of these four years are more easily determined, principally concerned as they are with the manichean controversy, and producing ..."

3. History of Latin Christianity: Including that of the Popes to the by Henry Hart Milman (1881)
"Nothing is more curious in Christian history than the vitality of the manichean opinions. That wild, half poetic, half rationalistic theory of Christianity, ..."

4. The Problem of Evil: A Criticism of the Augustinian Point of View by Marion Le Roy Burton (1909)
"HIS manichean CONCEPTION. Just as in dealing with Augustine's conception of " natura " we found that it was evolved and definitely ..."

5. The Problem of Evil: A Criticism of the Augustinian Point of View by Marion Le Roy Burton (1909)
"HIS manichean CONCEPTION. Just as in dealing with Augustine's conception of " natura " we found that it was evolved and definitely formulated in his ..."

6. Liberty and Necessity: In which are Considered the Laws of Association of by Henry Carleton (1857)
"This writer, in his Treatise on Education, has revived the manichean doctrine of two wills in the same man, one spiritual and the other material, ..."

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