Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mandeanism

1 sense of mandeanism

Sense 1
Mandaeanism, Mandeanism -- (a Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework of dualistic beliefs)
       => Gnosticism -- (a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches)