A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations/Sabeans

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*SABEANS, or SABIANS, the ancient inhabitants of Arabia who worshipped the hosts of heaven (in Heb. Sabbaoth) though at the same time they acknowledged a supreme Being, by whom they were created[1] See Zabians.

A sect in Ecclesiastical History are called by the same name, whose creed in a compound of Judaism, Christianity, and Idolatry. See Mendai.


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  1. Ency. Perthensis.