Sabianism
(ˈseɪbɪənɪz(ə)m)
Also 9 sabæanism, Zabianism.
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The religion of the Sabians; chiefly in erroneous use, worship of ‘the host of heaven’, star-worship. Cf. Sabaism.
| 1788 Gibbon Decl. & F. V. l. 194 Sabianism was diffused over Asia by the science of the Chaldæans and the arms of the Assyrians. 1816 G. S. Faber Orig. Pagan Idol. I. 31 Astrolatry or Sabianism; that is to say, the worship of the Sun, the Moon, and the Host of Heaven. 1845 Vulgar & Common Err. 74 Zabianism, or star worship. 1871 Proctor Light Sci. 333 Sabæanism, or star-worship. |