Bábism (English, noun)
expansion: Bábism (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: Babism
tags: alternative
form: Bábísm
tags: alternative
proscribed
form: Babiism
tags: alternative
proscribed
form: Bábíism
tags: alternative
proscribed