maniheizem
manihejstvo, maniheizem
a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000 [vera, ki jo je ustanovil Mani v 3. stoletju; sinteza zoroastrskega dualizma med svetlobo in temo, babilonskih folklor in budistične etike ter površinskih elementov krščanstva; razširjena po Rimskem cesarstvu, vendar je do leta 1000 večinoma izumrla]