Mazdaism

American  

[maz-duh-iz-uhm] / ˈmæz dəˌɪz əm /

noun

1. Zoroastrianism.

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Mazdaism British  

/ ˈmæzdəˌɪzəm /

noun

1. another word for Zoroastrianism

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Etymology

Origin of Mazdaism

First recorded in 1870–75; Mazda + -ism

Example Sentences

Relate that the inhabitants of several localities of Kerman during the entire Umayyad period openly professed Mazdaism.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)

Another witness to the vitality of Mithraic Mazdaism is the fact that it escaped becoming a kind of state religion of the Roman empire during the third century.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

The eschatology of orthodox Mazdaism has been expounded recently by S�derblom, La vie future d'apr�s le mazd�isme, Paris, 1901.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

As the trading capital was still placed with the temples as banks, the government attacked the religion of the Uighurs, Manichaeism, and also the religions of the other foreigners, Mazdaism, Nestorianism, and apparently also Islam.

From A History of China by Eberhard, Wolfram

The most active agencies in the diffusion of Mazdaism as of Judaism seem to have been colonies of believers who had emigrated far from the mother country.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz