Word
Mahdi, n.
(Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion
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Mahdi
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
Mahdism
Mahdist
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
instance hypernym
religious leader