manichean in English

adjective
1
of or relating to Manichaeism.
The cardinal presented a strange, Manichean interpretation of twentieth-century history.

Use "manichean" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "manichean" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "manichean", or refer to the context using the word "manichean" in the English Dictionary.

1. Albigenses definition: members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

2. Albigenses definition: members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

3. Buggery: a pejorative vernacular term and a legal term for anal copulation, chiefly between males, or with animals [from French, bougre, a corruption of Bulgarian derived from the medieval belief that Bulgarians were Manichean heretics who practiced anal copulation]