Zoroastrianism
1Zoroastrianism — Zoroastrianism was the dominant, pre Islamic religion of both the Achaemenid (550 330 BCE) and Sassanid (226 650 CE) Persian empires. The religion undoubtedly exerted a powerful influence on the indigenous Kurdish religion of the Cult of… …
2Zoroastrianism — o ro*as tri*an*ism, n. The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman).… …
3Zoroastrianism — (n.) 1854, from ZOROASTRIAN (Cf. Zoroastrian) + ISM (Cf. ism) …
4Zoroastrianism — ► NOUN ▪ a religion of ancient Persia based on the worship of a single god, founded by the prophet Zoroaster (also called Zarathustra) in the 6th century BC. DERIVATIVES Zoroastrian adjective & noun …
5Zoroastrianism — [zō΄rō as′trē əniz΄əm, zôr΄ō as′trē əniz΄əm] n. the religious system of the Persians before their conversion to Islam: it was founded by Zoroaster, and its principles, contained in the Avesta, include belief in an afterlife and in the continuous… …
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7Zoroastrianism — /zawr oh as tree euh niz euhm, zohr /, n. an Iranian religion, founded c600 B.C. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu,… …
8Zoroastrianism — Religion of ancient Persia based on the teachings of the prophet Zarasthustra (Zoroaster in Greek). Zoroastrianism influenced the development of Western angelologies and demonologies. Zarathustra may have been born as early as 650 B.C.E.… …
9Zoroastrianism — The chief religion of the ancient Achaemenid Persians and later the Sassanian Persians, a faith based on the teachings of the ancient Iranian prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra). There is some debate among modern scholars, however, over which… …
10Zoroastrianism — Indo Iranian religion, founded by Zoroaster or Zarathustra, c. 6th century BC. The dominant religion of Persia until the rise of Islam, Zoroastrianism is now largely confined to the Parsi community of Bombay. Its scriptures are know as the Avesta …
