manichaeism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    Manichaeanism.

WordNet

Man"i*chæ*ism, Man"i*che*ism noun (Also<
  • Manichaeism
  • Manichæism
  • Manicheism
)
Etymology
Cf. F. manichéisme.
Definitions
  1. The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichæans.

Webster 1913