Mandean
adj 1: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language
or culture [syn: {Mandaean}, {Mandean}]
n 1: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan
and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist
was the Messiah [syn: {Mandaean}, {Mandean}]
2: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans [syn: {Mandaean},
{Mandean}]