Nasirean

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English

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Etymology

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From Nasir (proper name) +‎ -ean.

Adjective

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Nasirean (not comparable)

  1. Designating the 1232 work of ethics, Akhlaq-i Nāṣirī (Nasirean Ethics), by the Persian polymath Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274).

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Noun

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Nasirean (plural Nasireans)

  1. A follower or adherent of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.
    • 1894, Ernest de Bunsen, “John the Baptist an Essene”, in The Masonic Review, volume 82, page 158:
      According to the transmitted narrative of his birth John was a Nasirean for life, as was every member of the Essenic order.

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