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Baha'í

/ bəˈhɑːɪ /

noun

  1. an adherent of the Baha'í Faith
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adjective

  1. of or relating to the Baha'í Faith
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Baha'i

  1. A teacher or follower of Bahaism, a religion advocating universal peace and stressing the spiritual unity of humankind. It was founded in 1863 in Persia as an offshoot of an earlier sect called Babism.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Baha'í1

from Persian bahā'ī , literally: of glory, from bahā' u'llāh glory of God, from Arabic

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