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sabian
Part of speech: NounA worshipper of the host of heaven; one of a early sect of Christians, called also Christians of St John.
Usage examples "sabian":- The special interpretation of the strokes below, however, if it were established, would lead us to think that even then, so far back, there was the commencement of astrological superstition, and also, perhaps, of Sabian worship. - "Moon Lore", Timothy Harley.
- The stench of the sulphur lake will breathe Sabian odours for them over a couch of mud! - "Antonina", Wilkie Collins.
- The same writer says: That Sabian worship once extensively prevailed in the New World is a well- authenticated fact; it is yet practised to some extent by the wandering tribes on the Northern continent, and was the national religion of the Peruvians at the time of the Conquest. - "The Antediluvian World", Ignatius Donnelly.