McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Mogtasilah

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Mogtasilah


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(i.e., those who wash themselves) is a name which mediaeval Arabic writers gave to a sect of Christians' said to have flourished on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. Recent investigations render it probable that they were the Zabians (from öáò = èáò , âáðôßæåéí , to wash), or Mendceans (q.v.) of the present day.