Originally a plurale tantum; from the Middle English Maniches, Manichees, Manachees, Manycheis, from the post-Classical Latin Manichaeī, the nominative plural form of Manichaeus, from the Byzantine Greek Μανιχαῖος ("Manichaean").
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