Manichæan

See also: Manichaean

English

Adjective

Manichæan (not comparable)

1. Archaic spelling of Manichaean.
   • 1901, Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Charles Scribner’s Sons, Volume VI., second edition, Chapter IX., pages 737-738:

     Augustin struggled from the Manichæan heresy into catholic orthodoxy, from the freedom of error into the authority of truth ; the Reformers came out of the corruptions and tyranny of the papacy into the freedom of the gospel.

Noun

Manichæan (plural Manichæans)

1. Archaic spelling of Manichaean.
   • 1918, Williston Walker, A History of the Christian Church, Charles Scribner’s Sons; Period III., § XVII., page #176:

     For nine years Augustine remained a Manichæan, living partly in Carthage and partly in Tagaste, engaged in study and teaching.