MANICHæAN
\mˈanɪʃ ˌe͡ɪtˈɪldə ɐn], \mˈanɪʃ ˌeɪtˈɪldə ɐn], \m_ˈa_n_ɪ_ʃ ˌeɪ__t_ˈɪ_l_d_ə_ ɐ_n]\
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MANICHEAN, man-i-k[=e]'an, adj. pertaining to the Manichees or followers of Mani, a native of Ecbatana (215-276 A.D.), who taught that everything sprang from two chief principles, light and darkness, or good and evil.--n. a believer in Manichæanism--also MAN'ICHEE.--ns. MANICHÆ'ANISM, MANICH[=E]'ISM, the doctrines of the Manichæans.
By Thomas Davidson
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