Zurvanism

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Noun
  1. 1
    A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity. historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring wordnet
  3. 3
    a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe wordnet

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primordial time theorytemporal metaphysicstime as principletime based metaphysicstime centered theologyzurvanite doctrine

Etymology

Of Persian origin, Zurvan + -ism, from Middle Persian [script needed] (Zurvān), from Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥 (zruuān, “time”).

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