- of or relating to a non-Muslim sect classed in the Koran with Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians as having a faith revealed by the true God. It is not known who the original Sabians were, but the name was adopted by some groups in order to escape religious persecution by Muslims.（与）萨比教（有关）的（萨比教为《古兰经》中所列的与犹太教徒、基督教徒和琐罗亚斯德教徒共信同一真神的非伊斯兰教教派; 谁是最初的萨比教徒无从知道, 但是这个名称被一些为逃避穆斯林宗教迫害的群体所采用）。
- a member of this sect萨比教徒。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Arabic ṣābi' + -AN.