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4 words match “BABISM”

BABISM n.
The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.
BABISM; BABIISM n.
ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy,…
BAB n.
Lit., gate; -- a title given to the founder of Babism, and taken from that of Bab-ud-Din, assumed by him.
BABIST n.
A believer in Babism.