Manichee (Noun)
Meaning
An adherent of Manichaeism.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The schism of the cathars, who broke with the orthodoxy of the Roman Catholic Church, aligned them closely with the manichees throughout history.
- Manichaeism has only one source of information which came from the pen of a manichee himself, Mani, who left behind seven of his letters.
- Mani then continued to preach and attract followers, making the 12 apostles he appointed, who would work to establish various churches and send missionaries to evangelize the native manichees in those lands.
- At the beginning of the fifth century the number of manichees in the world was estimated at over a million, having gained substantial traction over a relatively short period of time.
- Nestorian Christians made notable converts among the Persians and this turned the Uighurs and Manichee elements among them against the church and thus led to the execution of Manichaeist.