mandaean

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsMandean

   Broaderreligious person
2. 2.

   the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans

   SynonymsMandean

   BroaderAramaic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture

   SynonymsMandean

Other forms of mandaean

plural

mandaeans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mandaean

What does mandaean mean?

mandaean means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mandaean?

mandaean has 4 syllables: man-da-e-an. The stress falls on "da".

What is another word for mandaean?

Close synonyms include Mandean, Mandean, Mandean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mandaean a common word?

mandaean is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.