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Nasirean

Nasirean adjective: designating the 1232 work of ethics, Akhlaq-i Nāṣirī (Nasirean Ethics), by the Persian polymath Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274).

Adjective

Nasirean (not comparable)

  1. Designating the 1232 work of ethics, Akhlaq-i Nāṣirī (Nasirean Ethics), by the Persian polymath Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274).

Noun

Nasirean (plural Nasireans)

  1. A follower or adherent of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.
    • According to the transmitted narrative of his birth John was a Nasirean for life, as was every member of the Essenic order.1894, Ernest de Bunsen, “John the Baptist an Essene”, in The Masonic Review, volume 82, page 158

Forms of Nasirean

pluralNasireans

Origin of Nasirean

From Nasir (proper name) + -ean.

Questions about Nasirean

What does Nasirean mean?
Nasirean means designating the 1232 work of ethics, Akhlaq-i Nāṣirī (Nasirean Ethics), by the Persian polymath Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274).
What part of speech is Nasirean?
Nasirean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Nasirean in the dictionary

  1. nasiomental
  2. nasion
  3. nasions
  4. Nasir
  5. Nasirabad Division
  6. Nasirean
  7. Nasireans
  8. Nasirism
  9. Nasirist
  10. Nasirists
  11. Nasiriya

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