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Babism

Babism is the alternative form 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.

Forms of Babism

pluralBabisms

Questions about Babism

What is Babism the alternative form of?
Babism is the alternative form of Bábism.

Words near Babism in the dictionary

  1. babished
  2. babishes
  3. babishing
  4. babishly
  5. babishness
  6. Babism
  7. Babist
  8. Babists
  9. Babite
  10. Babites
  11. babka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Babism (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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