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Webster 1913 Edition


Baphomet

Baph′o-met

,
Noun.
[A corruption of
Mahomet
or
Mohammed
, the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr.
Bafomet
, OSp.
Mafomat
, OPg.
Mafameda
.]
An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.