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Zoroastrianism

//ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪəˌnɪzəm// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion. common, uncountable
  2. 2
    The historical (pre-Islamic) indigenous beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples. uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil) wordnet

Etymology

From Zoroastrian + -ism, influenced by Greek, Latin, Arabic and Syriac reports of Zoroaster (“Zarathustra”) as the “lawgiver” of the Iranian peoples, as reviewed in Thomas Hyde's Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia, 1700.

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