Meaning & use
Babist
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A follower of the Bábí religion, a nineteenth-century Persian faith founded by the Báb that later gave rise to the Baháʼí Faith.
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Historians describe how Babist communities faced severe persecution in nineteenth-century Persia.
Many former Babists later became early adherents of the Baháʼí Faith.
A note on using this word
Capitalized like other religious-group names, the term derives from 'the Báb,' the title of the faith's founder, meaning 'the Gate' in Arabic and Persian.
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