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Sabaean

Sabaean \Sa*b[ae]"an\, a. & n. Same as Sabian.

Sabaean

Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also Sabean, and Sab[ae]an.]

  1. Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.

  2. Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.

Sabaean

Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also Sab[ae]an, and Sabean.]

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sabaean

a. Of or pertaining to Sabaean culture. alt. Of or pertaining to Sabaean culture. n. 1 An extinct Semitic language spoken in Sheba. 2 (context history English) An individual that is part of the ancient Sabaean people.

Usage examples of "sabaean".

Saba was between the Sabaeans themselves and Adonai, the One God, their Lord of Hosts.

Nor was this terraced cultivation restricted to northern -- Sabaean, Axumite, and then Christian -- Ethiopia.

Down Africa, in the wake of Sabaeans and Himyarites, they were sailing as far as the borders of what is now Mozambique.

The temple, situated in the country of the Banizomeneis, was not between the Thamudites and the Sabaeans, but higher up than the coast inhabited by the former.