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Noun: Sabianism
  1. The religion of a group mentioned in the Koran as entitled to Muslim religious toleration along with Jews and Christians and usually identified with the Mandaeans or the Elkesaites.
    "The 'olah, or burnt offering, suppresses the wrong view: Sabianism in the broad sense of belief in astrology, magic, and superstition."

Type of: cult, cultus, religious cult

Encyclopedia: Sabianism