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Yezidi

Yez·i·di [ yézzədee ] (plural Yez·i·dis)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of Kurdish religious group: a member of a Kurdish religious group founded by an Muslim mystic in the 12th century but incorporating Iranian myth and tradition. The group has been declared as heretical by orthodox Muslims and has been the object of intense persecution.

[Early 19th century. Origin ?]

Yez·i·dism noun
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