Manichaeanism

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noun

a religion founded by Manes in the third century;
a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity;
spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000
• Syn:
Manichaeism
• Derivationally related forms:
Manichean (for: Manichaeism), Manichaean (for: Manichaeism)
• Hypernyms:
religion, faith, religious belief