Babism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Babism \Bab"ism\, Babiism \Bab"i*ism\, n.
     The doctrine of a modern religious pantheistical sect in
     Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by Mirza Ali Mohammed
     ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of
     Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of
     Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This


     doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women
     from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the
     orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating
     liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden;
     asceticism is discountenanced. -- {Bab"ist}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]