E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Sa’biens
is the Aramean equivalent of the word “Baptists.” (See below.)
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“The sects of Hemerobaptists, Baptists, and Sabiens (the Mogtasila of the Arabian writers) in the second century filled Syria, Palestine, and Babylonia.”—Renan: Life of Jesus, chap. xii.
