Babism
/ˈbɑːbɪzəm/noun
mass noun
- a religion founded in 1844 by the Persian Mirza Ali Muhammad of Shiraz (1819-50) (popularly known as 'the Bab'), who taught that a new prophet would follow Muhammad巴布教（1844年由波斯设拉子的米尔扎·阿里·穆罕默德[1819-1850]创立的宗教; 米尔扎即众所周知的“巴布”, 他宣扬将有一位新的先知追随穆罕默德）。参见BAHA'I.
词源
mid 19th cent.: via Persian from Arabic bāb 'intermediary'， literally 'gate' (taken as a name by the founder) + -ISM.