English Explanatory Dictionary

Baphomet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.

Pronunciation

/ˈbæfəmɛt/

Word forms

Baphomet

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Baphometh, deriving from Occitan Bafometz. Ostensibly a corruption of Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately deriving from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (compare Old Catalan Mafumet and Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat), which would make it a doublet of mammet and Muhammad. Other sources have been suggested.

Derived words

Baphometic Baphomet moth
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