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sabian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also Sabean, and Sab[ae]an.]
Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.
Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.
Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also Sab[ae]an, and Sabean.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
an adherent of a religious sect mentioned thrice in the Qu'ran (in which they are classified with Christians, and Jews as "true believers" worth of toleration by Muslims), 1610s, from Arabic, of uncertain origin. As an adjective from 1748.\n
\nPerhaps the reference is to a Gnostic sect akin to the later Mandæans (if the word derives, as some think it does, from Arabic ch'bae "to baptize," Aramaic tzebha "he dipped, dyed"); but it has the appearance of derivation from the Semitic root of Hebrew tzabha "host" (see Sabaoth), and as the Sabians were thought in the Middle Ages to have been star-worshippers, it was interpreted as referring to the "host of heaven." Related: Sabaism.
Wikipedia
Sabian is a Canadian cymbal designer and manufacturer. It is one of the "big four" manufacturers of cymbals, along with Zildjian, Meinl and Paiste.
Darnell Kittrell (born April 25, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He currently performs for Combat Zone Wrestling under the ring name BLK Jeez, where he was a founding member of The Blackout / BLKOUT while under the ring name Sabian. In addition to CZW, he also competes for several other American independent promotions under either the Sabian or BLK Jeez ring names.
Usage examples of "sabian".
Professor Sabian had all the Starbridges arrested, all the ones that he could find.
Professor Sabian had spent four months in prison, and on a public scaffold in Durbar Square the priests had made him eat the pamphlet he had written on the subject, page by page.
The issue had originally been under the jurisdiction of Professor Sabian, for he was the board member for food and medical distribution.
On the lowest levels of the amphitheater, in a circle around the dais, sat Professor Sabian and his moderates, sober men in dark clothes.
Who can forget the first glorious days of our rebellion, when men like Martin Sabian stood alone against the forces of oppression?
So that when Professor Sabian stood up, even his supporters saw the contrast, the beautiful young man and the tiny old professor.
Emaciated and intensely frail, Sabian stood leaning on his desk, supporting his weight on his knuckles.
Professor Sabian raised his head for a moment to peer around the room, and then he looked back down at the notes upon his desk.
It was a serious political mistake, to bring the name of God into that debate, for it touched everything that Sabian had said with the stigma of reaction.
It was a slip of the tongue, and political observers later claimed it never would have happened if Professor Sabian had not been so tired, so broken down with working.
Instead, he wavered, voting sometimes with the moderates and sometimes against them, according to an inner criterion that Sabian had yet to understand.
As Sabian tried to catch his eye, she leaned over to him and whispered in his ear.
He cleared his throat and started to repeat himself, but in the gap, with the whole assembly silent and straining to hear, Professor Sabian stood up in his place.
When it was over, Professor Sabian loaded his briefcase full of papers and walked slowly down into the hall.
Professor Sabian looked doubtfully at the sign of the black bird, as the rickshaw slowed and stopped.