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  1. A member of the only surviving Gnostic sect
  2. of Christianity (see Gnosticism). The
  3. Mandaeans live near the Euphrates, S Iraq,
  4. and their sacred book is the Ginza. The sect
  5. claims descent from John the Baptist, but its
  6. incorporation of Christian, Hebrew, and
  7. indigenous Persian traditions keeps its
  8. origins in dispute.
  9.