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Manichee

Manichee is the alternative form of Manichaean.

Meaning of Manichaean

Noun

Manichaean (plural Manichaeans)

  1. A follower of Manichaeism.

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Forms of Manichee

pluralManichees

Origin of Manichee

Originally a plurale tantum; from the Middle English Manichēs, Manichēes, Manachēes, Manychēis, from the post-Classical Latin Manichaeī, the nominative plural form of Manichaeus, from the Byzantine Greek Μανιχαῖος (Manikhaîos, “Manichaean”).

Questions about Manichee

What is Manichee the alternative form of?
Manichee is the alternative form of Manichaean.

Words near Manichee in the dictionary

  1. Manichaist
  2. Manichaists
  3. Manichean
  4. Manicheanism
  5. Manicheans
  6. Manichee
  7. Manichees
  8. Manicheism
  9. Manicheist
  10. Manicheistic
  11. Manicheists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Manichee (page history and authors); Manichaean (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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