Definition of Bahaism

1. Noun. A religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States. "Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in private"

Generic synonyms: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief

Definition of Bahaism

1. n. The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bahaism

Bagdad
Bagerhat District
Baggenstoss change
Baggie
Baggies
Baghdad
Baghdad by the Bay
Baghdadi
Baghdadian
Baghdadis
Bagirmi
Bagolini
Bagolini test
Baha
Bahai
Bahaism (current term)
Bahama Islands
Bahamas
Bahamian
Bahamian dollar
Bahamians
Baharna Arabic
Bahasa
Bahasa Indonesia
Bahasa Kebangsaan
Bahasa Malaysia
Bahasa Melayu
Bahia

Literary usage of Bahaism

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

1. Messiahs: Christian and Pagan by Wilson Dallam Wallis (1918)
"Bahaism, which developed out of Babism, has a leader whose messiahship is ... Bahaism is said' to adapt its claims and doctrines to those prevailing in the ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"Bahaism: its origin and concept — a cult of universal brotherhood and divine unity. ... Rosenberg (Miss E.) Bahaism: its ethical and social teachings. ..."

3. Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions by Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson (1908)
"At the present time nearly one.third of the people of Persia are followers of Bahaism, and in the United States of America its adherents may be counted by ..."

4. Missions: American Baptist International Magazine by Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1911)
"In speaking of the teachings of Bahaism, the writer says, "There is a power, there is a force in Bahaism which may make it one of the elements to be ..."

5. Catalogue of the General Theological Library, Boston, Massachusetts: A by Mass General Theological Library (Boston (1913)
"Bahaism. Abbas, son of Baha 'U'llah. Mysterious forces of civilization. ... Speer, RE (In his Missions and modern Skrine, FHB Bahaism and its place in the ..."

6. Gotcha by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"Abdul Baha, his son who died in 1921, taught Bahaism. ... What is worthy of attention is that Bahaism is merely FREEMASONRY WEARING A DISGUISE, AS IS, ..."

7. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1915)
"Bahaism Wilson, S : G. Bahaism and its claims. $1.50 n. Réveil Baikie, Rev. Ja. Wonder tales of the ancient world. NY, Macmillan. 8+248 p. col. il. 8° $2 n. ..."

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