Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAT'EN-ITES, or BAT'EN-ISTS
BAT'EN-ITES, or BAT'EN-ISTS, n. [or BA-TE'NI-ANS.]
A sect of apostates from Mohammedism, who professed the abominable practices of the Ismaelians and Kirmatians. The word signifies esoteric, or persons of inward light. [See Assassins.]
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