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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.
Definition 2025
Baphomet
Baphomet
English
A 19th century image of a Sabbatic Goat created by Éliphas Lévi.
Proper noun
Baphomet
- A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.