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Babiism

Babiism is the misspelling of Bábism.

Meaning of Bábism

Noun

Bábism (uncountable)

  1. The doctrine of a pantheistical religious sect, founded in Persia in 1844 by ʻAlí Muḥammad (1820–1850), who assumed the title of Bábu'd-Dín ("Gate of the Faith"). It combines Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements, and forbids concubinage, polygamy, mendicancy, slave-dealing, and the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs. Precursor to Azalism and Baháʼism.

Questions about Babiism

What is Babiism the misspelling of?
Babiism is the misspelling of Bábism.

Words near Babiism in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Babiism (page history and authors); Bábism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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